Thank you for having me, Mr. Chair and committee. My name is Steven Robins. I'm happy to be here today.
I'm the head of strategy at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and I've held this role since December 2020.
I would like to start by speaking briefly about my career history. I began as a business analyst at McKinsey in 2011. My clients ranged from infrastructure to retail, banking and metals. In 2013, I joined Infrastructure Ontario as a manager in their transactions structuring group, where I worked in a variety of roles, including engaging with industry partners, organizational change initiatives and on PPP procurement.
In 2014, I left Infrastructure Ontario to pursue graduate studies at Harvard, obtaining a master's in business administration and a master's in public policy. The program was three years. While at graduate school, I accepted a role in the New Zealand Treasury department's PPP unit based in Wellington. On graduation, I returned to McKinsey, first as an associate and then as an engagement manager. I worked exclusively in the utilities sector in both Canada and the United States. I did not work on any projects with the CIB or with the federal government.
In 2019, I then rejoined Infrastructure Ontario as commercial lead for the GTA subway expansion. There I lead the significant, successful effort to bring four major subway projects to market simultaneously across the region.
I would now like to discuss my hiring at the CIB.
In late 2020, Mr. Cory and I discussed my joining the CIB as head of strategy. I had initially worked with Mr. Cory in 2011 when I was —