Gordon (Gord) Keesic

Gordon (Gord) Keesic is the VP and National Head of Indigenous Investment Services at RBC Global Asset Management. Leveraging his MBA from Athabasca University, he specializes in creating sustainable, long-term wealth and investment plans exclusively for Indigenous communities and organizations throughout Canada.

A member of Lac Seul First Nation, Gord is deeply committed to community empowerment. Before his finance career, he was a teacher focusing on literacy development for First Nations students. He now works from Fort William First Nation, finding fulfillment in seeing investment success translate into community improvements.

Unique fact: Gord transitioned from a career as a schoolteacher to a national leader in Indigenous finance after discovering a passion for the investment markets.