Michael Koerner

Mr. Koerner is currently a Director of Central Wire Industries Ltd., and his past directorships include Helix Investments Limited and Strathbridge Asset Management; Co-Steel Inc., 1970; GerdauAmeristeel (previously Co-Steel); CAE Inc., 1982–1999; Finning International Inc., 1974–2000; and Chairman and Director of Suncor Energy Inc., 1977–1994 and 1995–2001. An arts patron and supporter, Mr. Koerner draws on over 60 years of business experience.
 
Other associations include: Trustee, Art Gallery of Ontario Past President (1982-1984); Life Member of the Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Past Chairman of the Investment Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Past member of the Executive Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also Treasurer, Ontario Arts Council Foundation, and Treasurer, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund.
 
Mr. Koerner is a Member - Order of Canada, 1984 and the recipient of the Canadian Conference of the Arts Award, 1993 and the Edmund C. Bovey Award, 2006.
 
In 2015 Mr. Koerner was among seven prominent Canadians to be honoured with a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for their contributions to Canadian culture. Mr. Koerner received the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts, given to individuals or groups demonstrating an exceptional dedication to advancing the performing arts.
 
Mr. Koerner holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.