John G. Taft
RBC Wealth Management ,
John Taft is head of RBC Wealth Management in the U.S. Mr. Taft is responsible for RBC’s wealth management growth strategy in the U.S.
Mr. Taft has worked in financial services since 1981. He is currently the Chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association representing the investment industry. He is an industry thought leader who frequently speaks at government and industry events and who is widely quoted in the media.
John is the author of Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street. The book explores the importance of stewardship as a core principle — for John personally; for the financial services industry; for the global financial system; and for society at large. Editors selected the book as one of Amazon’s “top picks” for March 2012, and it was named “best book of spring” on Bloomberg radio, while Bloomberg TV cited it as an “absolute must-read book.”
Mr. Taft graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor of arts from Yale and earned a master’s degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Organization and Management.