BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The C.D. Howe Institute is governed by its Board of Directors, which is composed of private sector leaders, senior academics, and policy leaders. The Board meets twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The Board has three main responsibilities: to approve the strategic direction of the Institute’s policy work, to ensure that the Institute’s commitments to independence and quality are upheld, and to ensure that the Institute’s management runs the organization efficiently and prudently, making the best possible use of donations and member and subscriber contributions.

Chair, Hugh L. MacKinnon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bennett Jones LLP

Vice-Chair, Brian M. Levitt, O.C.
Chair of the Board, TD; Partner & Co-Chair, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

CEO,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Charles Brindamour
President & CEO, Intact Financial Corporation

Scott Burns
Chairman & CEO, BURNCO Group of Companies

President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Canada

Hélène Desmarais, C.M.
Chairman & CEO, Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal

Victor G. Dodig
President & CEO, CIBC

Sheldon Elman, M.D
Chairman & CEO, Medisys Health Group Inc.

Blake C. Goldring, M.S.M., CFA
Executive Chairman & CEO, AGF Management Ltd.

Bruce Gordon
Chairman, Manulife Insurance Canada

Paul Hill
Chairman, President & CEO, Harvard Developments Inc., A Hill Company