Michael McNair is President & CEO of the Arctic Economic Development Corporation, Canada’s dedicated Arctic infrastructure proponent and project developer.
He previously served as Global Managing Director at the Tony Blair Institute, leading global advisory expansion and operations, doubling its footprint to 45 countries. Earlier, Michael worked in strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, and independently, and began his career in M&A at CIBC World Markets.
He also spent more than a decade as a senior staff leader in the Canadian Parliament and Government, including many years as Policy Director and Executive Director to the Prime Minister of Canada. He has been a senior leader on five national election campaigns and served on multiple Prime Ministerial Transition Teams.
Michael serves on the Boards of Mitacs and the International Rescue Committee (Canada). He completed graduate studies in Advanced Economic and Policy Analysis at Columbia University and Global Economic History at the London School of Economics, following undergraduate studies in History at Queen’s University, where he was inducted into the Tricolour Society.
