Dave Mowat

President and Chief Executive Officer, ATB Financial

Dave Mowat is the President & CEO of ATB Financial, which, with almost 5,300 team members in 244 communities serves more than 710,000 Albertans and Alberta-based businesses. With assets of more than $43 billion, it is Alberta’s largest, provincially based financial institution and provides a full range of personal, business, agriculture, corporate, and investment financial services to Albertans.

Dave is an Albertan by birth: he was born in Calgary and raised in Sherwood Park. And he is an Albertan by choice: after getting a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and serving VanCity credit union as its CEO, he returned to Alberta, and now lives in Edmonton.

Over the last three decades, Dave has shaped and been shaped by every aspect of the banking world: venture capital markets, credit, retail, corporate, investments, and banking tied to each sector of the Alberta economy.

The thread that connects the various chapters of Dave’s financial services career is a commitment to using his banking expertise and his networks to serve the greater good.

This is visible in the boards Dave sits on: STARS Air Ambulance, Alberta Blue Cross, Citadel Theatre and the National Music Centre. And in the community building ventures he gives his time to —the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region as its campaign chair, Empower U (a partnership that equips women with financial literacy skills), the ATB Financial Land Legacy Fund (a program that provides capital for purchasing land for habitat restoration before resale), and Light The Bridge (a citizens-led drive to raise $2.5 million to purchase and install LED lights on Edmonton’s High Level Bridge).

That instinct for uplifting the community is reflected by the honours conferred both on Dave and the company he leads. He is Alberta Venture’s Business Person of the Year. He has held the Charles Allard Chair in Business at MacEwan University. SAIT Polytechnic has awarded Dave an Honorary Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He was named to the Edmonton Journal’s list of the city’s Power 30 group. ATB was named one of the 2015 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work, one of 2015 Best Employers in Canada by Aon Hewitt, and one of the Most Engaged Workplaces in North America by Achievers.

In business, in banking, in community, Dave helps open Alberta to the world of its potential.

In 2015, Dave Mowat was named chair of the Alberta Royalty Review panel.