Victor G. Dodig

Victor G. Dodig
Born	May 1965
Education	University of Toronto (BCom 1988) Harvard University (MBA 1994)
Spouse	Maureen Dodig

Victor George Dodig (born May 1965) is a Canadian banker who since 15 September 2014 has been the president of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Dodig began his career in 1994 with McKinsey, then from 1997 to 2002 worked for Merrill Lynch. In 2002 he joined UBS in Toronto. Dodig was hired by CIBC in 2005 as an executive vice president. In 2014, he succeeded Gerald T. McCaughey to become the bank's president.

Biography

Victor George Dodig was born at St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto in May 1965 to Veselko Dodig (1930–2015) and Janja Dodig. His father was a Croat who had immigrated to Canada from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1961. Dodig attended University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, and graduated bachelor of commerce in 1988. In 1985 got a part-time job as a teller at a CIBC branch. Dodig interned at Arthur Andersen, where a partner encouraged him to pursue a master of business administration. Dodig went subsequently to Harvard Business School and in 1994 earned an MBA.

Dodig began his career in 1994 with McKinsey & Company as a managing consultant. In 1997, he joined Merrill Lynch as managing director for Canada, the United States, and United Kingdom. Dodig returned to Toronto in 2002 when he was hired by UBS as managing director and chief executive officer in Canada for the bank's global asset management division.

In 2005, Dodig was appointed executive vice-president for wealth management with CIBC, and in 2007 executive vice-president for retail distribution. In 2011 he was appointed group head for the wealth management division. On 15 September 2014, Dodig was appointed president of the bank, succeeding Gerald T. McCaughey, who had held the office since 2004.

While a student at Harvard, Dodig met his wife Maureen. They have four children.