The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

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The Bank of Nova Scotia

40 Temperance Street
Toronto, ON M5H 0B4
Canada

https://www.scotiabank.com

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Banks—Diversified
Full-time employees: 91,264

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. L. Scott Thomson	Pres, CEO & Director	231.6k	N/A	1970
Mr. Rajagopal Viswanathan	Group Head & CFO	1.07M	N/A	N/A
Mr. Brian Johnston Porter A.M.P., B.Com.	Strategic Advisor	2.78M	1.85M	1958
Mr. Ignacio Deschamps	Group Head of International Banking & Digital Transformation	1.33M	N/A	N/A
Mr. Daniel Llewellyn Rees	Group Head of Canadian Banking	1.5M	223.32k	N/A
Mr. Jake P. Lawrence	CEO and Group Head of Global Banking & Markets	2.03M	71.32k	N/A
Dr. Michael Zerbs Ph.D.	Group Head of Technology & Operations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. James A. Neate	Pres and Group Head of Corp. & Investment Banking	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Shawn Rose	Exec. VP & CTO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Philip Stephen Watson Smith	Sr. VP of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and day-to-day banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses, including automotive financing solutions to dealers and their customers. It also provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternative funds, and institutional funds. In addition, the company offers international banking services for retail, corporate, and commercial customers; and lending and transaction, investment banking advisory, and capital markets access services to corporate customers. Further, it provides online, mobile, and telephone banking services. The Bank of Nova Scotia was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Corporate governance

The Bank of Nova Scotia’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 March 2023 is 2. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 2; Shareholder rights: 3; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.