Leadership Team

Paul Allison President and Chief Executive Officer Raymond James Ltd.

As president and CEO of Raymond James Ltd., Paul Allison oversees business-building efforts and strategic leadership of the firm’s Canadian operations including Equity Capital Markets, Private Client and Corporate Services.

Prior to joining the firm in August 2008, he worked as executive vice president and vice-chairman at Merrill Lynch Canada, as well as co-head of the firm’s Investment Banking business. Before joining Merrill, he was head of Equity Capital Markets at BMO Nesbitt Burns, one of Canada’s leading bank-owned investment dealers. Paul brings more than 23 years of senior capital markets experience to this role.

An active volunteer in various charitable and industry organizations, Paul is a director of the Investment Industry Association of Canada; McMaster University’s Deans Business Advisory Council and Trading Floor Committees, and he is also Board Vice Chair and Chair of the Governance/Nominating Committee at Humber River Regional Hospital.