Walter Minnes Macnee[1] (usually Walt Macnee) is a Canadian business leader who was part of the United Nations High Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing.
Macnee is the chairman of Antibe Therapeutics and the vice chairman of Mastercard. He founded the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
Before becoming a business leader, Macnee taught Jim Cuddy how to play the guitar.
Education
editMacnee has a bachelor's degree and a bachelors of education degree from Queen's University.[2][3] He also has an MBA from York University.[4]
Career
editMacnee is the vice chairman of Mastercard, and previously has served as the president of international markets, the president of global markets, the president of the Americas region, and the president of Mastercard Canada.[5] He left the employment of Mastercard from 2004 to 2006 while he worked as the executive vice president of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.[4] Prior to working at Mastercard, he worked at Toronto-Dominion Bank as a senior vice president, starting in 1983 and moving to Mastercard in 2001.[6] At Mastercard, Macnee launched the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.[7][8] Macnee was part of a 2015 business delegation, led by New York governor Andrew Cuomo, to Cuba[9] where he met twice with the Cuba's central bank to discuss the acceptance of US credit cards in Cuba.[10][11]
In 2015, he was part of the United Nations High Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing.[12][13]
He is also currently the chair of Convergence Finance (corporation), the Queen's University's Centre for Social Impact, and Antibe Therapeutics.[2]
Macnee has served on the board of directors of Save the Children Canada, the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, and the Royal Conservatory of Music.[2]
Personal life
editMacnee lives in Toronto.[14]
Before he was a business leader, Macnee taught Jim Cuddy how to play the guitar.[15]
References
edit- ^ "ATE.CA Company Profile & Executives - Antibe Therapeutics Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ a b c "Centres and Services - Centre for Social Impact - - 12th Annual Social Impact Summit - Walt Macnee". smith.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "Humanitarian Financing: Investing In The Future Of Aid Delivery". HuffPost. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ a b "Walt M. Macnee". Concordia. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "'The private sector thought it had a divine right to exist'". the Guardian. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "Walter Macnee biography". ca.wallmine.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "Master of Global Affairs students produce real-world case studies to help address global inequality". Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Bean, R. (2021). Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI. United States: Wiley. p144
- ^ "Andrew Cuomo & Business Delegation in Havana". Havana Times. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Gomez, Alan. "Cuomo ends Cuba trip with some deals". The Journal News. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Gomez, Alan. "Businesses say they made deals on trade trip to Cuba". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "KUNA : Ban appoints a high-level panel on Humanitarian financing - Human - 22/05/2015". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Eleventh report of session 2015-16. The Stationery Office. 2015. p. 39. ISBN 9780215088055.
- ^ Haim, George (2016-07-08). "Obituary: Grace Brabazon, 89, was powerful force helping Toronto alcoholics". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ "Jim Cuddy finds Pain a 'clarifying thing'". The Toronto Star. 2009-02-14. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-04-10.