Mr. Robert E Millward

Associate Partner

McCracken & Partners Executive Search Inc.

Toronto

specialties

  • Financial
  • VC & Private Equity
  • Banking
  • Human Resource
  • Brokerage
  • Generalist
  • Investment Banking
  • Asset Management
  • Director & Board
  • Communications
  • Manufacturing
  • Information Technology

biography

Bob Millward is an Associate Partner of McCracken & Partners and advises the firm on select real estate related executive search assignments and other activities. Bob is also the founder and principal of R. E. Millward & Associates, a consulting firm providing development and planning consulting services to investors, developers, businesses, municipal governments and community groups.

Prior to founding R. E. Millward & Associates in 1997, Bob was Commissioner of Planning and Development for the City of Toronto from 1987 to 1996. In this key and senior civic role, Bob was actively involved in all aspects of policy formulation, project management and economic development in Toronto during this period.

During his term as Commissioner, the Planning and Development Department produced a new Official Plan for Toronto and Bob was Toronto’s chief negotiator and strategist in making a reality of major development projects such as BCE Place, the CBC Centre, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Air Canada Centre. Bob has extensive personal experience in successfully dealing with zoning by-law issues at the conceptual, administrative, political and technical levels

In addition to his term as Toronto’s Planning and Development Commissioner, Bob has served as Director of the Central Core and Waterfront Division of the former Toronto Planning and Development Department and Director of Planning for the Toronto Housing Department.

Prior to coming to Toronto, Bob was Director of Planning for Staten Island, New York City, and held other positions within the New York City Department of Planning and Development. Bob holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from New York University and a BA from the University of Rochester, N.Y. He is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP), a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute. Bob is also an active contributor to the Toronto Board of Trade, where he is currently Chair of the Planning and Development Committee and a Member of the Waterfront Task Force.