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John M. Thompson is Chairman of the Board of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. He is also the recently retired Vice Chairman of the IBM Board of Directors, where he was responsible for IBM’s business strategy and oversight of the company’s worldwide technology and manufacturing direction.
Thompson began his IBM career in Canada as a systems engineer in 1966. There, he held a variety of management jobs, before being elected President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM Canada, Ltd. in 1986.
In January 1991, Thompson moved to the USA to become Corporate Vice President of Marketing, charged with developing IBM's strategy for entering the services business. In October 1993, he became Senior Vice President of IBM’s Server Group, responsible for mainframe and midrange computers. From January 1995 until August 2002, he was the Senior Vice President responsible for forming IBM’s Software Group, after which time he was elected Vice Chairman of the IBM Board.
He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a degree in Engineering Science. He also completed executive management programs at the Richard Ivey School at The University of Western Ontario and the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.
In addition to being a director of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, he is also a director of the Thomson Corporation and Philips Electronics, and is a trustee of the Hospital for Sick Children.
Thompson is a past director of the Conference Board of Canada and of the Canadian Business Council for National Issues. He chaired the Advisory Board of the University of Western Ontario’s Engineering School and the University’s Renaissance Capital Campaign. He has been a member of the Corporate Higher Education Forum and served on three Premier of Ontario’s Councils, human resources reform and industrial policy.
Mr. Thompson lives in Toronto, Canada. He is 62 years old and is married with three children. In his leisure time, he enjoys fly-fishing, boating and golf. | 