Longtime banker rose through the ranks in Canada and will move to New York.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. named Toronto-Dominion Bank's Tim Hockey as its next chief executive officer, prompting an executive shuffle at Canada's largest lender by assets.
Mr. Hockey, 52, who is group head of Canadian banking and wealth management at the Toronto-based lender, becomes TD Ameritrade president on Jan. 2 and will take over as CEO when Fred Tomczyk, 60, retires on Sept. 30, the Omaha, Neb.-based brokerage said Tuesday in a statement. Toronto-Dominion owns 41% of TD Ameritrade, which contributed about 4% of the lender's profit last year.
“It's a strategic and great position for us, and we're going to have one of our top folks move over to continue the legacy at TD Ameritrade," Toronto-Dominion CEO Bharat Masrani said in a phone interview. “Tim is the best leader to take TD Ameritrade to new heights and sustain its winning ways."
Mr. Hockey started his banking career in 1983 at Canada Trust, the lender acquired by Toronto-Dominion in 2000. He stayed through the transition and rose through management ranks to his current role overseeing Canadian banking and wealth management, a position he's held since July 2013.
'STRONG CULTURE'
“I know Fred very well — we've worked well together — and I know the leadership team already," Mr. Hockey said in a phone interview from Toronto. “It's a fantastic company, really strong culture, very technologically oriented, a big innovator in its space.”
Mr. Hockey has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario, according to a company biography. He's an avid cyclist and active in the community, including serving on the board of SickKids Foundation, a children's hospital in Toronto. Mr. Hockey said he plans to relocate to New York for his new job.
