The C.D. Howe Institute is governed by its Board of Directors, which is composed of leaders from business and the not-for-profit sector. 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, Blake C. Goldring, C.M., M.S.M., CD
Executive Chairman, AGF Management Ltd.
Vice-Chair, Aaron Regent, FCPA, FCA
Chairman and CEO, Magris Performance Materials Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Scotiabank
CEO, William B.P. Robson
Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe InstituteDirectors

Bruce Gordon
Chairman, Manulife Assurance Canada
Paul Hill
Chairman, President & CEO, Harvard Developments Inc., A Hill Company
Brian K. Johnston, CPA, CA
Corporate Director, Johnston Family Foundation
Anna Kennedy FCPA, FCA
Corporate Director
Cyrus Madon
Managing Partner, CEO Private Equity, Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Ronald P. Mathison
President & CEO, Matco Investments Ltd.
Marcia Moffat
Managing Director – Country Head of Canada, BlackRock
Gilles Ouellette
Chairman, Asset Management, BMO Financial Group
Geoff Smith
Executive Chair, EllisDon