Scotiabank Eyes Growth in Mexico, Canada in CEO Thomson’s Strategy Revamp

  • Executives expected to talk Mexico, domestic banking at event
  • Thomson, an outsider, was tapped last year to lead the lender

Scotiabank’s headquarters in Toronto 

Photographer: Della Rollins/Bloomberg
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With Bank of Nova Scotia poised to formally unveil a new strategy, analysts and investors are expecting executives to focus on how to wring more profit out of its businesses in Mexico and Canada.

The Toronto-based bank has lagged behind its rivals in share-price performance for a decade amid disappointing returns in its Latin America operations. Last year it shocked Canada’s financial industry by tapping an outsider — Scott Thomson, a board member and former chief executive officer of industrial equipment firm Finning International Inc. — to lead the company.