Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Sabi Marwah | |
Office: | Senator from Ontario |
Term Start: | November 10, 2016 |
Term End: | September 7, 2023 |
Nominator: | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed: | David Johnston |
Birth Name: | Sarabjit Singh Marwah |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | India |
Party: | Independent Senators Group |
Profession: | Banker Financial Analyst |
Sarabjit (Sabi) Singh Marwah (born July 12, 1951) is a former member of the Canadian Senate.[1] He is a former vice chairman and chief operating officer of Scotiabank, retiring in 2014 after 35 years with the bank where he began his career as a financial analyst.[2] He has served on the boards of the C.D. Howe Institute, the Toronto International Film Festival, Torstar Corporation, Cineplex Inc., George Weston Ltd., Telus Corp.[2] and the Hospital for Sick Children. He is also a founding member of the Sikh Foundation of Canada.[3]
Marwah is Sikh and was born in India.[2] He earned an undergraduate degree in economics at the University of Calcutta, a master's degree in economics at the University of Delhi, and an MBA from UCLA.[4]
Marwah has an honorary doctorate from Ryerson University for advancing social inclusion in business.[3]
His appointment to the Senate was announced on October 31, 2016. He was the first Sikh to be a member of the Canadian Senate.[3] On September 7, 2023, he resigned from the Senate. At the time of his resignation, he was a member of the Independent Senators Group.