Christopher Bean, MBA

Christopher Bean has more than two decades of experience as an investment banker, strategic advisor and corporate lawyer. He most recently served as Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group and Head of Investment Funds at RBC Capital Markets where he was responsible for the bank’s coverage of the Canadian wealth and asset management sectors and led a wide range of M&A and corporate financing transactions for both private and public Canadian firms. He also led RBC’s Investment Funds team to the top of the investment banking league charts in the Canadian closed-end fund market.

Prior to joining RBC, Bean spent seven years as a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott LLP where he advised on international M&A and corporate finance transactions in North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia.

Bean holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario.