Jim Leech, president and CEO of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, will become the next chancellor of Queen’s University.
“Jim Leech is a highly accomplished business leader and an alumnus with a long history of service to the university,” says Daniel Woolf, Queen’s principal and vice-chancellor, and chair of the advisory committee that led the search for the new chancellor. “Queen’s will benefit immensely from his extensive experience, and I personally look forward to working with him over the coming years.”
Leech, who will retire from his role at Teachers’ at the end of the year, will begin his three-year term on July 1, 2014.
He replaces David Dodge, who announced in June that he wouldn’t seek a third term as chancellor.
Leech earned an MBA from the Queen’s School of Business in 1973. He currently serves as chair of the Queen’s School of Business advisory board and as a member of its global council.
From 1984 to 1996, Leech served as a member of Queen’s board of trustees and was a member of the university council from 1980 to 1984.
For more industry moves, check out People Watch.