Jean Houde - National Bank Independent Chairman of the Board

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Chairman

Mr. Jean Houde is Independent Chairman of the Board of National Bank of Canada. He has served as Chairman of the Board since April 10, 2014. He is also Chairman of the board of directors of nergir Inc. and a member of its Human Resources and Corporationrationrate Governance Committee, which he chaired from 2012 to December 2017. From 2010 to 2014, he was Chairman of the board of directors of Finance Montral La grappe financire du Qubec and from 2012 to 2014, he was ViceChairman of the board of directors of JOA Groupe Holding and a member of the Audit and Human Resources committees. From 2010 to January 2011, he was a business development advisor at accounting firm Samson BlairDeloitte Touche LLP. From 2005 to 2009, he was the Deputy Minister of Finance of Quebec. Before that, he was the Chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Investissement Qubec. From 1990 to 2003, he held several positions at the Bank, which he joined as Senior VicePresident Human Resources when he left, he was Senior VicePresident Corporationrationrate Affairs. He has a law degree and an MBA from Universit Laval. Jean Houde is a member of the Quebec Bar. since 2014.
Age 73
Tenure 10 years
Professional MarksMBA
Address 600 De La Gauchetière Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3B 4L2
Phone514 394 5000
Webhttps://www.nbc.ca
Houde was called to the Quebec Bar in 1971.

National Bank Management Efficiency

As of the 22nd of November 2024, Return On Capital Employed is likely to grow to 0.03, while Return On Tangible Assets are likely to drop 0.01. At this time, National Bank's Fixed Asset Turnover is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 22nd of November 2024, Asset Turnover is likely to grow to 0.04, while Non Currrent Assets Other are likely to drop (599.1 M). National Bank's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well National Bank manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
National Bank of has accumulated 53.51 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.09, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from borrowing. Debt can assist National Bank until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, National Bank's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like National Bank sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for National to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about National Bank's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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National Bank of Canada provides various financial products and services to retail, commercial, corporate, and institutional clients in Canada and internationally. National Bank of Canada was founded in 1859 and is based in Montreal, Canada. NATIONAL BANK operates under BanksDiversified classification in Canada and is traded on Toronto Stock Exchange. It employs 28903 people. National Bank of (NA) is traded on Toronto Exchange in Canada and employs 29,250 people. National Bank is listed under Diversified Banks category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

National Bank Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the National Bank's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: National Bank inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of National. The board's role is to monitor National Bank's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. National Bank's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, National Bank's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Robert Pare, Independent Director
Gillian Denham, Independent Director
Brigitte Hebert, Executive Vice President - Employee Experience
Pierre Boivin, Independent Director
Martin Gagnon, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer - National Bank Financial and Executive Vice-President - Wealth Management
Laurent Ferreira, Executive Vice President, Co-Head - Financial Markets
Claude Breton, VicePresident Responsibility
Marianne Ratte, VP Relations
Dominic Paradis, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary
Lucie BLANCHET, Executive Vice President - Personal Banking and Client Experience
Raymond Bachand, Independent Director
Nicole Rondou, Vice Compliance
Marie Gingras, CFO Finance
Manuel Morales, Chief Intelligence
Denis Girouard, Executive Vice President, Co-Head - Financial Markets
Maryse Bertrand, Independent Director
Ricardo Pascoe, Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Vice President - Strategic Initiatives Officer
Pierre Blouin, Independent Director
Jean Houde, Independent Chairman of the Board
William Bonnell, Executive Vice President - Risk Management
Linda Boulanger, Senior Relations
Stephane Achard, Executive Vice President - – Commercial Banking and Insurance
Julie Levesque, Executive Operations
Louis Vachon, CEO and President Director, Director of Natcan Investment Management and Director of National Bank Financial Group
Rebecca McKillican, Independent Director
Lino Saputo, Independent Director
Dominique Fagnoule, Executive Vice President - Information Technology and Organizational Performance
Karen Kinsley, Independent Director
Patricia CuradeauGrou, Independent Director
Pierre Thabet, Independent Director
Andree Savoie, Independent Director
Jean Dagenais, Senior Finance
Ghislain Parent, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance and Treasury
Etienne Dubuc, Head VP

National Stock Performance Indicators

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The correlation of National Bank is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as National Bank moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if National Bank moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
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