{"id":854668,"date":"2026-08-11T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854668\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:46:10","slug":"retired-general-rick-hillier-tapped-as-strategic-adviser-for-national-bank-of-canada-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854668\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired general Rick Hillier tapped as strategic adviser for National Bank of Canada | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786488370_548_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Valour in the Presence of the Enemy founder Bruce Moncur looks on as former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAug 11, 2026 | 1:30 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Former chief of the defence staff Rick Hillier has been tapped as the National Bank of Canada\u2019s strategic defence adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Hillier, who spent more than 35 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, will assist the bank with its defence and security clients, including those in advanced manufacturing and aerospace.<\/p>\n<p>In a media release from the National Bank announcing the appointment on Tuesday, Hillier said the country is entering a period of significant investment in the defence industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with National Bank\u2019s leadership team as the country continues to strengthen its resilience, competitiveness and strategic capabilities in an increasingly complex world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valour in the Presence of the Enemy founder Bruce Moncur looks on as former chief of defence staff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-854668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}