Robert Asselin is the Chief Executive Officer of U15 Canada as of June 9, 2025. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Policy at the Business Council of Canada, where he led the Council’s work on economic and fiscal policy. A recognized expert on innovation, economic growth, and industrial strategy, he has written extensively on these critical issues.
He brings over a decade of experience advising at the highest levels of government, having served as Policy and Budget Director to Canada’s Minister of Finance and as a senior advisor to two Prime Ministers.
Robert also spent nearly a decade in academia, notably as Associate Director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and as a Visiting Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
He currently serves on the advisory board of the U.S. Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and is a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
