Jason Ellis, President and Chief Operating Officer

Jason Ellis is the President and Chief Operating Officer for First National and is responsible for the design and maintenance of strategy and operational excellence across the organization.  Mr. Ellis joined First National in 2004 and has been responsible since then for leading First National’s capital markets activities including interest rate risk management, funding, and securitization for all commercial and residential mortgage origination.  Mr. Ellis was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and President in 2019.  Prior to joining First National in 2004, Mr. Ellis was with the Asset/Liability Management group at Manulife Financial and with RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto and New York where he traded fixed income and interest rate derivatives.  Mr. Ellis holds a BA degree from the University of Western Ontario, a MBA degree from McMaster University and is a CFA charter holder.

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