March 20, 2014 - You can read the Forbes articles and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1j9Atwg. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes. In recognition of World Water Day, Saturday, March 22, 2014, I’ll be visiting here live with John Taft, the CEO of RBC Wealth Management-US, about RBC’s Blue Water Project. Through the project, RBC has allocated almost $46 million of a $50 million commitment to improve access to clean drinking water and to fund related research at universities. The Blue Water Project has committed $38 million to 650 charitable organization working to preserve watersheds and improve access to clean drinking water. Another $7.8 million has been committed to universities. Water is increasingly having impact on business as demands for water increase along with global populations. RBC has indicated a desire to play a role in developing sustainable water policies. On Friday, March 21, 2014, at 1:00 Eastern, Taft joined me for a live discussion of about RBC’s efforts with regard to water. You can now listen to the interview here. Taft’s bio: RBC Wealth Management ¬ U.S. John is CEO of RBC Wealth Management, the seventh largest full-service retail brokerage firm in the U.S. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1981. He has been active in the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) where he served as chairman-elect in 2010 and chairman in 2011. He has published articles in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, and Forbes, and authored ³Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street² (John Wiley & Sons 2012). As a LinkedIn LNKD -3.77% influencer, John is among the prestigious invitation-only group of industry leaders who provide ongoing thought leadership blogs. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University and earned an M.A. in public and private management from the Yale School of Organization and Management.
Episode 1: John Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management - US