James B. Milway

Executive Director – Martin Prosperity Institute,
Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto

Jim Milway brings more than 30 years’ business and public policy experience to the Institute. He began his career in marketing management with General Foods (now Kraft) and Unilever. 

For most of his career he has consulted to senior decision makers in areas of business strategy as a partner in The Canada Consulting Group and The Boston Consulting Group, and in his own firm. Along the way, Jim served as CEO of a specialized insurance firm.

Through the Institute, Jim has advised local cluster initiatives in food processing, resource products, and financial services.  He has advised the Government of Ontario on tax policy, post-secondary education, and innovation strategies.  Federally he has assessed public policy in the areas of innovation strategy, small and medium enterprises, and tourism policy development.

Jim graduated from the University of Toronto, St Michael’s College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Economy and the University of Western Ontario with an MBA (Dean’s List).

The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity is an independent, not-for-profit organization with a mandate to deepen public understanding of macro and microeconomic factors behind Ontario’s economic progress.