Royal Bank of Canada announced today the appointment of Alice Laberge to its board of directors.

Laberge, a resident of Vancouver, is a corporate director, and until July 1, 2005, was the president and CE0 of Fincentric Corporation, having served as Fincentric’s chief financial officer until 2003.

Prior to this, Ms. Laberge was the CFO and senior vp of finance for MacMillan Bloedel.