John Montalbano is CEO of RBC Global Asset Management, the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a position he has held since May 1, 2008 when RBC acquired Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N), a predecessor firm. John is also a member of the Operating Committee of RBC Wealth Management, one of the key business segments that define RBC. Based in Canada, RBC Global Asset Management invests over $250 billion for individuals and institutions, primarily from offices in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. John joined PH&N in 1987 as an equity analyst and also became an institutional portfolio manager in 1999. He assumed successive leadership roles with respect to the firm's client-facing operations and was appointed President of PH&N in April 2005.

John holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce, with Honours, from the University of British Columbia and is a Leslie Wong Fellow of the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation. John is a trustee of the Killam Trusts, which is largely devoted to scholarships at the graduate and postgraduate levels awarded at Killam institutions in Canada. John serves on the boards of the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation and the Phillips, Hager & North Centre for Financial Research and Bureau of Asset Management at the University of British Columbia, and is also an advisor to Power To Be Adventure Therapy Society and the Downtown Eastside Community Arts Fund.