Rania Llewellyn

Rania Llewellyn is a Kuwaiti-born Canadian banking executive. She was educated at Saint Mary's University and The American University in Cairo and had a 26-year career with Scotiabank before her appointment to Laurentian Bank in October 2020.

After attending SMU, Lleweyen would go on to bank in Ireland.

Early life and education Llewellyn was born in Kuwait to an Egyptian father and Jordanian mother. She grew up in Kuwait and Egypt but immigrated to Canada in 1992 after the Gulf War.

Before immigrating to Canada, she had studied for two years at The American University in Cairo (1990-1992). In 2014 Llewellyn was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Commerce from Saint Mary's University.

Career Llewellyn had a 26-year career at Scotiabank, beginning as a part-time teller. In 2019 she was awarded the Women in Payments Award for Thought Leader from The Global Association of Women in Payments for her outstanding work in modernizing the Canadian payments industry.

While working for Scotiabank, she championed the creation of The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) to help tackle the problem of immigrant underemployment.

On October 2, 2023, after a weeklong mainframe outage which affected customer operations, Laurentian Bank announced her resignation effective immediately. She has been succeeded by Éric Provost.

Personal life She has two children with her husband, Sean Llewellyn.