nationality birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
canada 1942 john thompson -lrb- td banker -rrb-
 john m. thompson businessman university of western ontario
john thompson -lrb- td banker -rrb-

john m. thompson -lrb- born 1942 , montreal , quebec -rrb- is the non-executive chairman of the board of toronto-dominion bank financial corporation -lrb- tdbfc -rrb- .
he has held the position of director at tdbfc since 1988 and has been chairman of the board since 2003 .
he is also the retired vice chairman of the board of ibm corporation , a position he held from 2000-2002 .
thompson is also a board member at royal philips electronics n.v. -lrb- nyse : phg -rrb- and the thomson corporation -lrb- nyse : toc -rrb- .
he is also vice chairman of the board of trustees for the hospital for sick children and a director of the atlantic salmon federation .
he is a past director of the hertz corporation , the robert mondavi corporation , the european finance foundation , the conference board of canada and the canadian business council for national issues .
he served on three ontario government councils for education reform , human resources reform and industrial policy .
thompson began his ibm career in canada as a systems engineer in 1966 .
there , he held a variety of management jobs , before being elected president and chief executive officer of ibm canada , ltd. in 1986 .
in january 1991 , thompson moved to the united states to become corporate vice president of marketing , charged with developing ibm 's strategy for entering the services business , now a $ 60 billion operation for ibm .
in october 1993 , he became senior vice president of ibm 's server group , responsible for mainframe and midrange computers .
from january 1995 until august 2002 , he was the senior vice president responsible for forming ibm 's software group , after which time he was elected vice chairman of the ibm board .
mr. thompson holds an undergraduate degree in engineering science from the university of western ontario where he joined the kappa alpha society , and has completed the executive management programs at the richard ivey school at the university of western ontario and the kellogg graduate school of business at northwestern university .
in march 2008 , he was named as the 20th chancellor of the university of western ontario .
he was officially installed as chancellor at the fall convocation in 2008 and will serve a four-year term through 2012 .
he currently lives in toronto and is married with three grown children .
in his leisure time , he enjoys being with his grandchildren , fly-fishing , boating and golf .
