Ed served as Group President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Group from 2002 until his retirement in November 2014. Ed was inducted as a Companion of the Canadian Order of the Business Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2014 Ed was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institute. In 2010, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest distinctions. Ed is also a special advisor to The Woodbridge Company Limited, the principal shareholder of Thomson Reuters.
Ed has a BA from the University of Toronto, and an MA and Doctorate in Economics from Harvard University. He has also received honorary degrees from Mount Allison University, Queen's University, Western University and the University of Toronto.