John Orr — Senior Vice-President of Southern Region at Canadian National Railway Company

Mr. John Orr has been Senior Vice-President of Southern Region at Canadian National Railway Company since April 2015 and served as its Vice-President of Eastern Region from March 15, 2013 to April 2015. Mr. Orr served as Chief Safety & Sustainability Officer and Vice President at Canadian National Railway Company from September 2011 to March 15, 2013. He joined CN in 1985 as a conductor in London, Ontario, taking on positions of increasing responsibility with a variety of duties before being named Assistant General Manager, MacMillan Yard in Toronto in 2005. He was promoted to General Manager, Mac Yard in 2006. He was appointed to lead the Prairie Sub-region as General Manager in Edmonton in 2007 and was promoted to Assistant Vice-President, Operations, BC South in Vancouver in April 2009. He holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has continued his own professional development at the University of Guelph, the Niagara Leadership Institute and the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.