The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) has announced that its president and CEO Mark Romoff will be stepping down May 31 after 10 years.
A search for the council’s next CEO is underway through international search firm Boyden.
During his tenure, Romoff is credited with establishing the CCPPP “as the collaborative organization of choice to raise awareness, acceptance and greater adoption of the public-private partnership model”. He is known nationally and internationally for celebrating and promoting Canada’s P3 track record.
“It’s a difficult decision to leave such an amazing organization that I have been enormously privileged to serve,” Romoff said in a news release.
“I am especially proud of what our strong and dedicated team accomplished, positioning the Council as the ‘go to’ organization on P3s for governments, industry, the media and the research community both at home and abroad.” said Romoff.
He focused on bringing attention to infrastructure issues and opportunities in Canada’s Indigenous communities, supported the creation of the Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) group and advocated for the Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN).
“Our Board appreciates Mark’s strong contribution over the past 10 years and, in particular, over the turbulent past 12 months,” said Mark Bain, chair of the CCPPP board. “Mark has worked hard to engage with our stakeholders and emphasize the need for sustained and disciplined infrastructure investment and public-private collaboration both during the pandemic and as we emerge from it. Mark has positioned the Council for continued success as the leading Canadian P3 organization and he will be greatly missed.”
CCPPP is a national not-for-profit, non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors with a mandate to collaborate with all levels of government, Indigenous communities and the private sector to enable innovative, sustainable approaches to developing, maintaining and operating infrastructure that achieve the best outcomes and enhanced quality of life for Canadians.