Biography

The Hon. Frank Iacobucci
Lead Director

The Hon. Frank Iacobucci has been Counsel to Torys LLP, a major Canadian law firm, since July 2005. Mr. Iacobucci was the Chairman of Torstar Corporation, a newspaper and book publishing company, from July 2005 until May of 2009. From September 2004 to June 2005, Mr. Iacobucci served as Interim President of the University of Toronto while the search for a new university president was being conducted. From 1991 to 2004, Mr. Iacobucci served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Iacobucci is Chair of the Higher Education Council of Ontario (from 2005 to present), is a Board Member of Costi Immigration Services, is a member of the Law Commission of Ontario, and is a member of the Advisory Committee of General Motors of Canada. Mr. Iacobucci is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds academic degrees from Cambridge University and the University of British Columbia, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours from Canada, the United States, and Italy. In 2007, Mr. Iacobucci was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.