J. Robert S. Prichard

Mr. Prichard, 59, of Toronto, Ontario, is President and CEO of Metrolinx. Metrolinx is the regional transportation authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.  He is also past President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation and President Emeritus of the University of Toronto where he previously served as dean of law and as a professor specializing in law and economics.  Mr. Prichard is a director of Bank of Montreal, Onex Corporation and George Weston Ltd. He also serves as Vice-Chair of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Law School, trustee of the Hospital for Sick Children, and a director of the Toronto Community Foundation.

Mr. Prichard studied honours economics at Swarthmore College, received his MBA from the University of Chicago and earned law degrees at the University of Toronto and Yale University. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Member of the Order of Ontario and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.