Harry Swain
He rose through the Canadian federal government to
become Deputy Minister at the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and Deputy Minister at Industry Canada. He was also CEO of Hambros Canada and founded the
Toronto office of Sussex Circle, a consultancy concentrating on strategic and financial advice for public and private sector clients.
Of IIASA, he says: “I got to work with scholars of outstanding quality on issues that have concerned me ever since—for example, the low-carbon futures work at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of
Victoria, regarding which, as is only natural, I’ve turned to other IIASA alumni for help.”