Brian Porter Takes New Role As President & CEO At Scotiabank - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Canadian financial services provider Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS, BNS.TO) or Scotiabank said Friday that Brian Porter takes the new role of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, effective from today. Porter was appointed President of Scotiabank in November 2012, and was elected to the Scotiabank Board of Directors in April 2013.

On May 31, 2013, Scotiabank announced that Brian would succeed Rick Waugh and take on the role of President and CEO of the Bank on November 1, 2013.

Porter first joined Scotiabank in 1981, and he has progressed through a series of increasingly senior positions across the Bank, including executive roles with Global Banking & Markets, Global Risk Management, Group Treasury and International Banking.

Brian served as the Bank's Chief Risk Officer from 2006 to 2008, as Group Head of Risk & Treasury from 2008 to 2010 and, most recently, as Group Head of International Banking from 2010 to 2012.