R. Jeffrey Orr

R. Jeffrey Orr is a Canadian businessman and currently is the President and Chief Executive of Power Corporation of Canada. He works in the financial services industry and has spent the past two decades in executive positions in Power group companies.

Background

Orr holds a Bachelor of Arts — Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.[1]

Orr spoke at the Ivey’s inaugural Executive Education Alumni Event [2] in October 2017 about leadership and how people should surround themselves with coworkers rooted with good values and that the values people have in their personal life should be the same values they bring to work. On the impact of technology, he indicated that traditional players of the financial industry could come out as winners if they are able to reinvent themselves and disrupt.

Career

Orr was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation of Canada in February 2020.[3]

He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Power Financial since 2005.[4][5] From 2001 to 2005, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of IGM Financial.

Prior to joining IGM Financial, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Nesbitt Burns[6] and Vice-Chair, Investment Banking Group, Bank of Montreal. He had been with BMO Nesbitt Burns and predecessor companies since 1981.

Orr has been an adherent of financial literacy, targeted planning and discipline as strategies to help people with retirement readiness, as presented during the International Economic Forum of the Americas 19th Conference of Montreal.[7][8]

Jeffrey Orr has been recognized as one of Canada’s most powerful business people in 2015 by the Canadian Business.[9] At that time, he was overseeing $373 billion in assets.

Board Memberships

He serves as a director of[3]:

Orr is a Member of the Business Council of Canada.[10][11]

Honors and awards
  • Orr received the 2015 Ivey Business Leader Award from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.[12]

Philanthropy

Orr has been supporting the Canadian Red Cross as an Honorary committee member from 2016 to 2019.[13][14][15]

He is a Member of the Council of Governors of Centraide of Greater Montreal.[16]

References
  1. "Values matter, says honorary degree recipient Jeff Orr". Ivey Business School.
  2. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. "Power Corporation of Canada | Senior Management". www.powercorporation.com.
  4. "New CEO at Power Financial - CBC News". CBC. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  5. "Une croissance malgré les défis". www.powercorporationhistory.com.
  6. "Nesbitt's Orr joins Investors Group as CEO". Investment Executive. April 25, 2001.
  7. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  8. "Retirement crisis? What retirement crisis, Power Financial CEO says". thestar.com. May 14, 2015.
  9. "Jeffrey Orr: Canada's Most Powerful Business People 2016". www.canadianbusiness.com.
  10. "GWLOF Company Profile & Executives - Great-West Lifeco Inc. 5.9% 1st Pfd. Series F - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com.
  11. "Members". Business Council of Canada.
  12. "Jeff Orr, HBA '81, named Ivey Business Leader of the Year". Ivey Business School.
  13. Brulotte, Rodger. "La Croix-Rouge canadienne amasse la somme record de 1,6 M $". Le Journal de Montréal.
  14. Brulotte, Rodger. "La Croix-Rouge canadienne recueille la somme record de 1,7 M$". Le Journal de Montréal.
  16. "Council of Governors". centraide.
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