People: Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

Ms. Sylvia D. Chrominska serves as Group Head - Global Human Resources and Communications of The Bank of Nova Scotia. She has global responsibility for human resources, corporate communications, government relations, public policy and corporate social responsibility of the Scotiabank Group. She joined Scotiabank in 1979 as a Credit Analyst in Corporate Credit. She held progressively more senior positions over the next decade until being appointed Senior Vice-President, Corporate Credit, with responsibility for Eastern Canada, Eastern United States, Europe and Japan. In 1994, she transferred to the Human Resources department, where she was appointed Executive Vice-President in 1995. In 2004, her mandate was expanded to include Public, Corporate and Government Affairs. Sylvia is a member of the Board of Dofasco Inc., and Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the Canadian Bankers Association. Her community activities include serving on the Board of Sheena's Place and as Vice-President of the Canadian Club of Toronto. She previously served on the Board of Goodwill Industries of Toronto and the Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto Foundation, and is also a former chairperson of the Board of Governors of The Institute of Canadian Bankers. In 2003 and again in 2004, Sylvia was named to the Top 100 List of Canada's Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network and the University of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business. Ms. Chrominska graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1975 with an Honours Degree in Business Administration.