Russell Goldsmith — City National Bank

Chairman

THE LATEST: Goldsmith serves as chairman of both City National Bank and RBC Wealth Management in the United States. After serving as City National’s CEO for 23 years in 2019, he turned over the role to Kelly Coffey, who reports to him. Over the last year, Goldsmith leveraged his decades of banking experience to discuss pressing economic challenges and appropriate policy responses with experts, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman and Austan Goolsbee.
BACKGROUND: From 1995 to early 2019, Goldsmith served as both chief executive and chairman of City National. From 2008 to 2011, he was a member of the Federal Reserve Board’s 12-member Federal Advisory Council. Goldsmith previously served as chairman and chief executive of Republic Pictures Corp., chief operating officer of Lorimar Inc. and vice chairman of the San Diego Padres. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Goldsmith began his professional career as an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles. He was the Business Journal’s “Businessperson of the Year” in 2013.
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