Bindu Cudjoe

General Counsel. Advisor. Executive. Director.

Canada

About

I am delighted to be joining TD as General Counsel, Canadian Banking to provide leadership and strategic guidance to the Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking businesses. I know what builds trust. And what breaks it. ​I am curious and driven by a desire to help organizations, and the people within them, work better and be more successful. As a general counsel, law firm partner, executive, and director with over 25 years of experience spanning top law firms, major Canadian banks, and governance leadership roles, I have held senior executive positions including Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer, leading enterprise strategy across legal, regulatory, compliance, ethics, privacy, and inclusion functions.

Experience

  • TD (Toronto, ON · On-site)
    • Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Canadian Banking
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      I provide leadership and strategic guidance to the Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking businesses of TD Bank. Bringing extensive leadership experience in Canada’s financial sector, I am excited to share my deep expertise in banking law, covering personal, commercial, and corporate lending, as well as governance, regulatory compliance, litigation, and risk management with TD.

    • Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Canadian Banking
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Principal & Strategic Advisor at Bindustries Consulting Inc.
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    Bindustries Consulting helps law firms and organizations work better to govern smarter, manage risk strategically and grow your business.. We help organizations work better. Bindustries is all about moving forward. We support organizations to govern smarter and manage risk strategically. Drawing from governance roles in three financial institutions, we tailor solutions that work in your context. We’ll support you to: Include better: Set the stage for a culture where people speak up and belong Collaborate better: Break silos and improve cross-functional decision-making Mitigate better: Reduce risk exposure with sustainable practices Govern better: Clarify decision rights and enhance board and management oversight Invest better: Make governance and risk spend count We help law firms build business. We are all about growth. Bindustries brings an informed view to help law firms explore the art of the possible to build trusted, sticky and profitable client relationships and grow your business. We’ll support you to: Collaborate better: Deepen client relationships and ensure strong succession Price better: Improve profitability with pricing strategies that clients trust Attract better: Stand out and win more business with compelling strategies Invest better: Make business development pay off Leverage better: Drive internal alignment and smarter resource use We understand the art of the possible and can help you reimagine what you can do — with bold thinking, client insights and governance and risk expertise. We work with you to help you understand where you are at, what could be and how to get to where you want to go so you can perform with confidence.

  • Laurentian Bank (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
    • Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Inclusion & Equity Officer & Corp Secretary
      Jun 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
      Feb 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Manage and oversee the Bank’s legal, regulatory compliance, ethics and EDI functions as well as matters related to corporate governance and reputational risks, acting as a trusted and strategically minded advisor to business partners, the Bank’s Board of Directors, and key stakeholders, to execute the bank's strategic plan, as we drive to change banking for the better, putting our customers first and becoming more agile as an organization.

  • Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Canadian Western Bank
    Dec 2018 - Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Leading the Legal Compliance and Investigations Group responsible for delivering accessible, quality, timely and practical legal, corporate governance and regulatory compliance solutions and investigations across the CWB Financial Group.

  • BMO Financial Group (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Technology & Operations Legal & Chief Knowledge Officer
      Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Accountable for managing legal and regulatory risk relating to technology, procurement, outsourcing, intellectual property and enterprise brand, marketing and social media. Additionally, responsible for knowledge management, technology initiatives, project management, e-discovery and board and senior management reporting for the General Counsel's group.

    • Deputy General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
      Nov 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Accountable for management of operations of BMO's Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group, including oversight for finance, human resources, real estate, strategic initiatives and BMO's external counsel program.

    • Associate General Counsel & Managing Director
      Sep 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Oversight of legal and regulatory risk relating to the Corporate Banking, Trade Finance, Correspondent Banking businesses of BMO Capital Markets; support of Capital Markets Special Accounts Management Unit; support enterprise efforts relating to economic sanctions.