Chair of the Board

Graham W.S. Scott, C.M., Q.C.
CEO, Graham Scott Strategies Inc.

Graham Scott is a President of Graham Scott Strategies Inc. and counsel to McMillan LLP. He has extensive experience in public policy, governance in the voluntary sector and in the assessment of boards and management teams in both the voluntary and private sectors with a particular emphasis on health care policy and issues.

Graham was born in Nova Scotia and received his law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1966.

Following two years of law practice in Toronto, Graham served as executive assistant to the Right Honourable Robert Stanfield, Leader of the Opposition for Canada. In 1976 he joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General and in 1977 he became Assistant Deputy General, Courts Administration and Inspector of Legal Offices. In 1978 he became Associate Secretary of the Cabinet and in 1979 Deputy Minister of Environment where he served until late 1981 when he became Deputy Minister of Health. He joined McMillan Binch Mendelsohn as a partner in January 1984 and was managing partner from 2000 to January 2006. Graham Scott Strategies was established in 2008.

Graham has extensive experience in representing health and government sector clients in matters of governance and accountability. He has been involved in the amalgamation, restructuring and governance processes of more than 40 hospitals in the last few years, mostly working with Maureen Quigley. In 2001-2002, Graham served as Interim President and CEO of Cancer Care Ontario. In 2003, he was appointed by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care as Supervisor of the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital. In February 2004, Graham and Maureen Quigley were commissioned by the Ontario Hospital Association with the support of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to prepare the Report on Hospital Governance and Accountability in Ontario, which was released by the OHA in April 2004. In 2004 he was Assessor of the Muskoka Parry Sound Board of Health. From 2005 - 2007 he served as Chair of the AHSC–AFP Task Force reporting to the PSC and in 2008 was appointed Investigator of the Kingston General Hospital. In 2009 he was appointed Supervisor of Quinte Health Care. He has carried out both public and confidential assessments of Boards and management of non-profit and profit-based corporations.

Graham serves as Chair of the Board of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Chair of AllenGen NCE Inc., Vice Chair of OEB Enterprise and Vice Chair of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Graham is a Director of Sanofi Pasteur Limited; Revera Inc; the Atlantic Salmon Federation; the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada and Mental Health Partnerships of Canada. He is a Governor of Rothesay Netherwood School and a former Chairman of Organ Donation Ontario and the Public Policy Forum; a past President and Director of the Friends of H.M.C.S. Haida.