About Us  >>  Council Members  >>  Seneca College

Seneca College

Seneca College
Represented by David Agnew, President

With 11 campuses across the Greater Toronto Area, Seneca provides internationally and nationally recognized education, training, and academic pathways key to graduate career success in the global economy. Every Seneca diploma, certificate and degree program is developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, integrated with information technology, combined with technical and transferable skills, and reinforced by opportunities for ongoing education and re-training.

David AgnewDavid Agnew became the President of Seneca College on July 1, 2009.

Mr. Agnew brings extensive experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors to Seneca. Most recently he served as the Ombudsman of Banking Services and Investments. Previously, Mr. Agnew was the President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, a Principal at the strategy consulting firm Digital 4Sight and Executive Vice-President and Corporate Secretary for the Credit Union Central of Ontario.

Mr. Agnew was also the head of the public service as the Secretary of Cabinet in the Government of Ontario from 1992 to 1995, led the Public-Private Partnerships Project and was Chief of Staff to the Premier of Ontario for two years.

He was seconded to the University of Toronto from 1995 to 1996, was a Senior Resident at Massey College and is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Mr. Agnew’s experience extends to the field of journalism, having worked as a newspaper reporter in St. John’s, Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton.

  • Related Content

    Pitney Bowes Canada

    Pitney Bowes Canada
    Represented by Guilherme Dias, Director, Strategic Talent Management

    Mail and document technologies are important to any individual business, but among supply chains, these tools are much more – they are business enablers….

     See more
    Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)

    Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)
    Represented by Edwina McGroddy, Executive Director, OSPE Centre of Engineering Excellence

    Edwina McGroddy has been the Executive Director of the OSPE Centre of Engineering Excellence for the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers of Ontario since September 2007. She provides oversight to the society’s public policy, advocacy, and business development activities….

     See more
    Professional Engineers Ontario

    Professional Engineers Ontario
    Represented by Kim Allen, Registrar and CEO

    Professional Engineers Ontario licenses Ontario’s 70,000 professional engineers, grants temporary, limited and provisional licences to practise professional engineering, and authorizes businesses to provide engineering services to the public. It sets standards for and regulates engineering practice….

     See more
    RBC

    RBC
    Represented by Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer

    Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name of RBC….

     See more
    Ryerson University

    Ryerson University
    Represented by Dr. Wendy Cukier, Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management and Founder, Diversity Institute

    Ryerson is Canada’s leader in innovative, career-focused university education. A distinctly urban university, with faculty, students and staff representing the full diversity of the GTA, it has a mission to serve societal need and to engaging its community. Guided by a bold new Academic Plan, an ambitious research agenda, and a recently-completed Master Plan to revitalize the campus and surrounding neighbourhood, Ryerson is now the most applied-to university in Ontario relative to available spaces, and its reputation with business and community leaders continues to rise….

     See more