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Brian Shaw is chairman and chief executive officer of CIBC World Markets, responsible for the global operations of the investment and corporate banking, capital markets, commercial banking, merchant banking and real estate finance businesses of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Prior to assuming this position in December 2004, Mr. Shaw was deputy chairman and head of Global Equities and Commodity Products.
Mr. Shaw has been with CIBC World Markets and its predecessor Wood Gundy since 1985 and held a series of management positions in Institutional Equities before being appointed head of the division in 1997. Mr. Shaw was appointed to vice-president in 1989 and a director in 1992. In 2001, the U.S. Equities Division (formerly Oppenheimer) was merged with Institutional Equities under Mr. Shaw's leadership.
Mr. Shaw is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He sits on the Board of Directors of the C.D. Howe Institute, an independent, non-profit research institution. Mr. Shaw holds an undergraduate degree in Commerce and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Alberta. | 