As Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Impact, Andrea Barrack is responsible for RBC’s sustainability strategy which aims to better leverage its business, operations, people and community investments to help support the transition to a net zero economy, equip people with skills for a thriving future and drive more equitable opportunities for prosperity.
Andrea is also Executive Director of the RBC Foundation, one of Canada’s largest corporate donors. Her mandate includes delivery of measurable societal, employee, brand and business impact through community investments.
Prior to joining RBC, Andrea was Global Head of Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship at TD Bank. She also served as an Executive Advisor on ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change at Deloitte, and as CEO at the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
An active volunteer, Andrea participated on the Board of the International Planned Parenthood Federation at the regional, national, and global level for over 15 years, chaired the Dean’s Council at Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) from 2014 – 2020 and was an inaugural board member of Ontario Health from 2019 to 2021. She is currently an Executive in Residence at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and teaches in the ESG Certification Program.
Andrea earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Guelph and a Master of Health Science in Health Administration at the University of Toronto. In 2016, she was named in the Women’s Executive Network Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the Trendsetter and Trailblazer category. In the 2022 provincial election she was the Ontario Liberal Party Candidate for University Rosedale.
