Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Jeffrey (Jeff) Ellis is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Canadian Pacific. Jeff is accountable for the overall strategic leadership, oversight and performance of the legal, corporate secretarial, government relations and public affairs functions of CP in Canada and the U.S.
Prior to joining CP in 2015, Jeff was the U.S. General Counsel at BMO financial group. Before joining BMO in 2006, Jeff was with the law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto, Ontario.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's of Arts from the University of Toronto, J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School, and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University. Jeff is a member of the bars of New York, Illinois, Ontario and Alberta.