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David Allgood - Chair of the Board

David R. Allgood is currently Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for Royal Bank of Canada and its subsidiaries.

Mr. Allgood joined the Royal Bank in August 1998 as Senior Vice-President Corporate Taxation.  He became Executive Vice-President and General Counsel in June, 2000.  Formerly, he was a partner in the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.  His practice was restricted to taxation with a focus on the income tax aspects of corporate finance, including developing both debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and structuring joint ventures and infrastructure projects. During 1984-85, Allgood was on leave as special tax counsel to the Tax Policy and Legislation Branch of the federal Department of Finance. 

Mr. Allgood is a director of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Chair of the Dean's Advisory Committee for Queen's University Law School, Chair of the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Director of the Pro Bono Law Ontario, and Senior Advisor to Legal Leaders for Diversity. 

D. Allgood holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a J.D. from Queen's University.

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