Sean St. John

Sean St. John is a Canadian banking executive and philanthropist from Toronto, Ontario. He is of mixed European and Mohawk First Nation 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 2018, St. John 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 Social Impact Film and Arts Festival, 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.

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