Tim Rider

Tim has over 30 years of experience across financial services and banking, having spent the last 20 years of his career at RBC Royal Bank. From 2015 to 2018, Tim was SVP at RBC Caribbean where he was a leader in the strategic management team, and directly responsible for Corporate, Commercial, Wealth Management, and Retail Banking across the Caribbean region.  Prior to that, Tim was responsible for the Commercial Mortgage, Leasing, Vendor Financing, Treasury Products, and Trade groups across Canada.  Other roles included Regional Vice-President of Commercial Banking in Toronto, where implemented leading edge Industry Specialization in commercial banking, VP of Business Financial Services where was responsible for large credit underwriting for Real Estate, Services, and Supply Chain clients and where he co-wrote the commercial lending manual for RBC. Tim was also the founder of RBC’s successful working capital asset based lending business.  Tim earned his Bachelor of Economics Degree from York University and his MBA from the Queen’s University .  A former Captain of the York University basketball team, he has been a member of the York Sports Hall of Fame since 2004.