Mr. Chitwant Kohli has over 30 years of experience in finance, strategic planning, operations and real estate. Mr. Kohli recently retired as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations and Payments at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) after 29 years of distinguished service. In this position, he led a group of 2,000 responsible for operating and expanding the Global Shared Services related to Payments and Trade, Cash Processing, HR related services and Finance related services. Mr. Kohli co-led the digitization of cheque processing and started pilot projects using blockchain technology at RBC.

Key leadership roles at RBC included: Senior Vice President of Retail Finance where he was responsible for providing finance leadership as CFO to Canadian Banking, Caribbean and U.S. Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance, Technology & Operations and Global Functions. Prior to that, he held executive level positions in Costing and Profitability, Corporate Real Estate, Canadian Banking Finance, Group Optimization and Performance Management.

Chitwant is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA,CMA). He holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce degrees. Chitwant is currently a board member of Trillium Health Partners. He is a past Board member of Symcor Inc, Moneris Inc, Canadian Payments Association and Ascend Canada. He has been a mentor at ‘Skills for Change’ – a United Way agency.