Sean St. John


Sean St. John is a Canadian banking executive and philanthropist from Toronto, Ontario. He is of mixed Mohawk First Nation and European ancestry. He currently serves as an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at National Bank of Canada.

Education

St. John grew up in Ottawa. He graduated with honors in 1990 from York University with a degree in business administration.

Banking career

St. John’s first two positions in his career was working as a Junior Bond Trader at Burns Fry and a Corporate Bond Trader at Richardson Greenshields. In 1996, St. John moved to National Bank. He began at National Bank as a Vice President of Fixed Income. In 2009, St. John became the Co-Head of Fixed Income and in 2012, he was brought in as a member of the Financial Markets Management Committee. He was eventually named as sole head of Fixed Income, Debt & Equity Capital Markets in 2015, and in 2018, he moved to serving as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities, a position he currently holds.

Community involvement

St. John is well known for his philanthropic work, including co-chairing the 2018 Right To Play Heroes Gala, which raised the highest amount among charities in Toronto for that year. St. John has also been involved with The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and has served on the Board of Governors of Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer, which supports the foundation. He is on the Canadian Advisory Board for Right To Play. In June 2019, he was a part of the Right To Play Youth Leadership Symposium.
In March 2019, St. John participated in a Tech4Good tournament, along with Bryan Trottier and other NHL pro hockey players, to support Connected North, a program using video technology to deliver education to students in remote northern communities in Canada. St. John also sits on the board of the Children’s Aid Foundation.
In 2020, he co-founded with Thi Be Nguyen the , a unique international festival in Canada aiming to highlight film and art projects that creates awareness on social issues around the world.

Personal life

St. John lives and works in Toronto.