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at age 14. In 1945 he was posted to the bank's head office in
Toronto as assistant general manager. In 1952 he was appointed general manager, and in 1954 was appointed a vice-president and elected a director. In 1956 he was appointed president, and in 1959 was elected chairman of the board. When the
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Canadian Bank of Commerce merged with the Imperial Bank of Canada on 1 June 1961, McKinnon became president and chief executive officer of the new bank, while Imperial's chairman Lindsay Stuart Mackersy became chairman of the board. On 23 May 1963, McKinnon succeeded Mackersey as chairman,
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Neil John McKinnon was born on 17 January 1911 in Cobalt, Ontario to
Malcolm McKinnon and Selina Francis McCauley. He joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1925 at age 14. In 1945 he was posted to the bank's head office in Toronto, where he became assistant general manager, and in 1952 he became
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on 1 June 1961, McKinnon became president of the new bank, and in 1963 he ceded the presidency to become chairman of the board. McKinnon retired as chairman in
December 1973. He died on 4 August 1975 at age 64.
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assumed the position in 1886 at age 38. In
December 1956, McKinnon succeeded James Stewart as the bank's president, and in 1959 succeeded Stewart as chairman.
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