RBC executive to give public talk at UPEI October 29

Doug MacGregor, chairman and co-CEO of RBC Capital Markets, will give a public talk at the University of Prince Edward Island on Thursday, October 29, from 6 to 7:15 p.m.

MacGregor's talk, entitled Canada's Economy and Canadian Banks' Performance through the Financial Crisis and into the Recovery, will take place in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), McDougall Hall.

He will review the impact of recent market events on the global and Canadian economies, and provide an outlook for select economic indicators.

As chairman and co-CEO of RBC Capital Markets, McGregor is responsible for driving client relationships, and managing the firm's investment banking, equity agency trading and credit businesses. He is also is a member of the Group Executive of RBC, and he heads RBC's North American real estate brokerage, financing, capital markets and advisory business. He holds an Honours BA (Business) and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He is currently chairman of the Board of Directors of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

'The School of Business is pleased to work with RBC to present this top-tier management speaker,' says Dr. Don Wagner, coordinator of UPEI's executive-style MBA program. 'WE welcome members of the campus community and the general public to this event.'

This event is presented by UPEI's executive-style MBA program and RBC Dominion Securities. Tours of McDougall Hall and a reception in Schurman Market Square will follow the lecture. For more information, please email Grace McCourt or call (902) 566-6474.