In the Money with Amber Kanwar Gimme a Crisis: Lessons From Scotiabank’s Rick Waugh
This week on In the Money with Amber Kanwar, it’s a different kind of conversation — no portfolio managers, no mailbag, just an honest, wide-ranging “good hang” with two Canadian heavyweights.
Amber sits down with bestselling author Howard Green, whose book Gimme a Crisis tells the remarkable story of former Scotiabank CEO Rick Waugh, who joins the conversation too. Together, they dive into the moments that defined Canada’s banking system — and Waugh’s extraordinary career — from Argentina’s collapse to the 2008 financial crisis and what came after. Along the way, they unpack why Canada’s banks emerged as some of the strongest and most stable in the world — and what lessons that strength holds for the future.
It’s part history, part leadership masterclass, and part storytelling gold — a rare glimpse into how crises shape character, business, and a nation.
Timestamps
0:00 Show intro
02:15 The story of how this book came to be
06:40 A book about Rick and the Canadian banking system
09:20 Numbers are important but personalities are just as important
11:00 Dealmaking, meeting Donald Trump and what it takes for Canada to win
14:30 Assessing risk and Canada’s banking sector
16:50 A crisis: the story of Scotiabank in Argentina
23:40 Scotia’s international expansion under Rick
28:00 Competition and Canadian banks in the U.S.
30:30 Opportunities for Canada’s banking sector. If the U.S. was a stock would you buy or short?
34:00 How can Canada get out of its own way?
36:40 The Financial Crisis
46:15 Parallels between today and the financial crisis
49:00 How EBITDA changed Rick’s life!
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