John is chair and CEO of Hatch, the fourth in the company’s 70-year history. In 40 years of leadership, he has grown and diversified Hatch’s professional services, providing innovative and practical solutions to its global clientele in the metals, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Currently, John leads 12,000 talented employees in more than 100 offices on six continents who importantly advise, design, manage, and build more than $100 billion of our clients’ assets.

John and his family are avid supporters and philanthropic contributors to the arts community, supporting institutions, galleries, and individual artists in Canada and beyond. Through John’s personal and corporate donations, he enables galleries to feature and support emerging artists. John has served on the Board of Governors for the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Art Canada Institute, and has been a supporter and advisor to the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.