Dr. Martin Zeghati, MB.BCh, MIB, ACG
Martin Zeghati is a governance professional and finance executive with nearly 20 years of experience in housing finance, credit risk, and institutional governance across Canadian and international markets. He currently serves as Advisor, Multi-Unit Housing Solutions at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), one of Canada’s largest federal Crown corporations, where his work focuses on risk management and financial stewardship in a complex public-sector environment. He is a member of CMHC’s national credit committee, where he identifies and manages risk across a nationally distributed housing investment portfolio, and a Trustee on CMHC’s Pension Council and its related Investment Committee. He has also led some of the most complex multi-unit residential financing transactions in the country.
Prior to CMHC, Martin built a career in international banking and finance, holding progressive senior roles at CIBC and the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, and internationally at Banco do Brasil, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, and Commercial Bank International. His transaction experience spans structured finance, project finance, syndicated lending, and capital markets origination across seven countries.
Earlier in his career, Martin trained and worked as a physician before transitioning into international banking. This multidisciplinary background, combined with experience across sectors, institutions, and countries, has shaped his perspective on governance, risk, and institutional decision-making.
Martin holds a Master of International Business (First Rank Graduate Award) from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and a Doctor of Medicine (MB.,BCh) from the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University. He completed his corporate governance education through the International Qualifying Program (IQP) of The Chartered Governance Institute, having previously held membership with The Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom from 2013 before recently joining the Canadian Division.
Martin has been an active volunteer in the professional community, serving as a long-standing mentor with the ACCES Employment program in Toronto and currently as a board member of the Maison Elizabeth Foundation in Montreal. His election to the CGIC Board of Directors reflects his commitment to advancing governance standards among finance and investment professionals across Canada.
