John Edward Cleghorn OC (born 7 July 1941) is a Canadian business executive and a former university leader.
[2] He also took part in talks with Matthew Barrett, chairman and CEO of the Bank of Montreal, to merge their respective institutions, however Finance Minister Paul Martin later blocked the proposed arrangement.
He played an influential role in the Nortel board meeting that forced CEO Frank Dunn and two other senior executives to resign in April 2004 after financial results were misrepresented.
He holds honorary degrees from Acadia, Bishop's, McGill and Wilfrid Laurier universities.
In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2008.