Paul George Samuel Cantor, LLB, OC (8 January 1942 – 10 August 2018)[1] was a Canadian lawyer, educator, and executive who worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors.

His father Max Cantor was a university professor and Chief Coroner of Alberta, while his mother Edith was a well known patron of the arts in Edmonton.

[3] As a lawyer and executive, Cantor worked in various capacities most notably for Bennett Jones, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Russell Reynolds Associates and Confederation Life.

Between 1976 and 1992 he led the founding and became President of the CIBC Investment Bank, consolidating internal groups and later acquiring and integrating Wood Gundy and the Canadian retail network of Merrill Lynch.

He was the founding executive director of the Toronto International Leadership Centre,[4] which focuses on strengthening the financial sector in the developing world.