James (Jim) Carr
Mr. Carr is the founding President and CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba and has served in this position since 1998.
Mr. James Carr’s career spans a variety of interests. Beginning as an oboe player with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, he became Director of Development with the WSO and then Executive Director of the Manitoba Arts Council. He then graduated with joint honors degrees in History and International Relations from McGill University.
He established a consulting practice, and wrote for the Globe and Mail and Winnipeg Free Press before being hired as Executive Director of External Relations for the University of Winnipeg.
Mr. Carr was elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1988, becoming deputy leader of the Liberal Party. He was a member of both the Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional task forces.
From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Carr was on the editorial board of the Winnipeg Free Press. His foreign assignments included the Team Canada mission to Korea, Thailand and the Philippines and coverage of the first Palestinian election on the West Bank and Gaza. In 1996 Mr. Carr was awarded the Commonwealth Fellowship for study in London.
He is currently a board member of the Canada West Foundation, the Winnipeg Airports Authority, St. Boniface Hospital and the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba.