Raj Viswanathan

Raj Viswanathan is the Group Head and Chief Financial Officer at Scotiabank. He was appointed to the role in December 2019. Raj oversees the Finance Department, including Business Line finance groups, Financial Planning and Analysis, Economics, Taxation, Chief Accountants, Capital Management, Investor Relations, Group Treasury and Strategic Transactions & Review.

Raj first joined Scotiabank in 2002 and has held progressively senior positions in Internal Audit and Finance. Raj was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2018. In 2014, Raj was appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Accountant. In this role, Raj was responsible for overseeing the Chief Accountant’s group which included group responsibilities for: Capital Management, Accounting Policies & Procedures and Financial Analysis and Reporting. In this role, Raj also led the Bank’s multi-year Finance Transformation project.

Raj is married and has one son.