Early Life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at Lower Canada College. Nixon received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in 1979, where he played varsity rugby. Nixon is a grandson of a former director of Royal Bank of Canada.
Upon graduation, he became an investment banker with Dominion Securities, which included a stint running their Tokyo office in 1986, at the height of Japan's economic boom. Dominion Securities was acquired by Royal Bank of Canada in 1987 and Nixon returned to Canada in 1989 as a Managing Director of Investment Banking. In 1995, he was appointed head of Global Investment Banking.
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