Past President
Hilarry Patterson
Vice President, Commercial Financial Services
Royal Bank of Canada
As Vice President, Commercial Financial Services at RBC, Hilary has overall responsibility for a team of Commercial Relationship Managers in Halifax, Nova Scotia with industry expertise in real estate and supply chain. Hilary has been with RBC since January 2016 working as a Commercial Account Manager focused on real estate, a Senior Financing Specialist supporting New Brunswick & Newfoundland, VP CFS for the Annapolis Valley and South West Nova Scotia before becoming VP CFS for Metro Halifax in October 2021.
Prior to joining RBC, Hilary spent nine years with Clarke Inc., an activist investment firm based in Halifax, in several different capacities including equity/bond trader, investment analyst, and investment manager for the fixed income portion of a pension plan (2008-2016). Hilary started her career with Manulife Asset Management as an institutional investment analyst in Toronto (2006-2008).
Hilary earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queens University in 2006 and obtained her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in 2012.
Hilary is active in volunteerism serving as the past President of the CFA Society of Atlantic Canada, a member of the Investment Committee for the Saint Mary’s University Endowment Fund, and a member of the New House Committee for the Ronald McDonald House Atlantic.