Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Appoints Bill Morneau as Board Chair

07:31 AM EDT, 10/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) said Friday that it has appointed Bill Morneau as chair of the board starting Jan. 1. The company said Morneau will succeed Katharine Stevenson, who will retire from the board on Dec. 31 after six years as chair and 10 years as an independent director. Morneau has been an independent director of CIBC since 2022, the company said, and currently chairs the board's corporate governance committee. He is also a director on CIBC's US Board.