Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 8, 2014
• Invested on: May 08, 2015

For his contributions as an innovator in pension management, for his writings on the subject of retirement funding, and for his community involvement.

Jim Leech is a model of entrepreneurial success and community leadership. His long business career culminated in his stewardship of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he introduced innovative pension fund management. He is a champion of pension reform in Canada and a co-author of The Third Rail: Confronting our Pension Failures, an award-winning book on retirement funding and our changing demographic reality. Committed to his community, he has supported initiatives in education, health care and the arts, as well as the Canadian military. He is now the chancellor of Queen’s University.