Rory Engels

Highly effective communicator with business acumen, excellent judgment, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Dedicated, authentic, passionate, collaborative, pragmatic, and versatile leader. Proven ability to think strategically, drive change, and build diverse and high performing teams. Industry recognized legal and governance expertise, deep knowledge of Canadian and U.S. Securities laws, and strong understanding of the banking industry. Significant experience providing trusted and practical strategic legal and risk management advice to a variety of stakeholders, including senior management, directors, investors and shareholders, regulators, and industry associations. Lead a global team of more than 60 governance professionals (legal, risk, regulatory, and compliance) supporting multiple TD businesses (e.g., digital strategy and innovation, data and analytics, fraud, phone). Previously an executive within TD’s Operational Risk Management group and held senior roles within TD's Legal Department, where I: advised the board of directors, corporate secretary, and senior management on general corporate, corporate governance, and disclosure matters; maintained legal responsibility for TD's global funding program (debt, equity, and securitizations); led the annual proxy circular and shareholder meeting process; led the legal review, negotiation and successful execution of strategic M&A and commercial transactions; and managed a roster of external legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions. Also led TD's shareholder relations program. Other experience includes: working on large-scale transformations and projects; overseeing regulatory remediations; and acting as secretary for various executive committees.