Bill Robson is a Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute, the Institute’s first President Emeritus, and holder of the William Robson Chair in Public Sector Governance and Accountability.
From July 2006 to February 2026, Mr. Robson served as President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute. Prior to this, he held senior positions at the Institute, including as Senior Vice President, and Director of Research.
He has written more than 280 monographs, articles, chapters and books on such subjects as government budgets, pensions, healthcare financing, inflation and currency issues. His work has won awards from the Policy Research Secretariat, the Canadian Economics Association, and the Donner Canadian Foundation.
A Senior Fellow at Massey College, Mr. Robson holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He has served as an adviser to many federal and provincial agencies. He is a regular writer of newspaper columns and commentator in electronic media.
Mr. Robson taught undergraduate public finance and public policy at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003, and a Master’s level course in public finance at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy from 2014 to 2019.
His accomplishments as Director of Research and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute include its array of authoritative policy councils, external audit of its research quality standards, a burgeoning events program, and solid financial performance, including its unprecedently successful Insight, Engagement, Impact campaign.