KIKELOMO LAWAL

B.A., J.D

Executive Vice-president and Chief Legal Officer

CIBC

Nominated as

Chief Legal Officer, Ombudsman & Corporate Secretary INTERAC

BIO: Kikelomo Lawal is the global leader for CIBC’S Legal, Corporate Secretary, Ombudsman and Privacy Office functions. Kikelomo has 25 years of progressive leadership experience including legal expertise as both a trial lawyer and a transactional lawyer. She obtained her law degree from Harvard Law School and holds a BA in Politics from New York University. She is a wife, a mother of three, a mentor to many and she contributes her time as a Board Member and Advisor to various organizations.

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Being the mother of three amazing children.

ON WHAT MAKES A LEADER: A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way” -John C. Maxwell.