Mark Romoff is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Canadian Council for
Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP). Established in 1993, CCPPP’s mission is to
collaborate with all levels of government and Indigenous Communities to enable
smart, innovative approaches to public infrastructure development and service delivery
to achieve the best outcomes for Canadians.

Previously, Mark was founding President and CEO of the Ontario Centres of
Excellence, Canada’s leading innovation, technology commercialization and
entrepreneurship development organization.

Over his twenty five year career with the government of Canada, Mark served as
Executive Director in the Department of Industry and as a senior diplomat in the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Global Affairs Canada), serving
in Nigeria, Mexico, Malaysia, Japan and the United States.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Canadian Public Television
Association (PBS-WNED); the i-CANADA Governors Council; the Québec City
Conference; the World Economic Forum “Strategic Infrastructure Initiative” Advisory
Committee; and is Vice-Chair of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Working Party on Public-Private Partnerships Governing Council. He has also been
appointed Chair of the Canadian Smart Cities Challenge Jury.

He earned a Bachelor of Science from McGill University, a Masters in Applied Science
from the University of Waterloo, and is a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy
School of Government Senior Executives Program and the Directors Education
Program of the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D (Certified
Director) designation. Mark is also a recipient of the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal.