Christopher Hilkene has been an environment and sustainable development professional for over 30 years. He has worked in government, academic, consulting and not-for-profit settings and spent the last seven years as the Chief Executive Officer at Pollution Probe, one of Canada’s longest serving environmental organizations.

Specializing in environmental policy and strategic communications, Chris is recognized as a leader in freshwater policy and Great Lakes issues. From 2014 to 2020, he was a Canadian appointee to Great Lakes Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission (IJC), where he was the Canadian Lead on emerging issues. In 2007, Chris was appointed to the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, where he served as Chair of the Water Programme.

He is an active volunteer and has served on boards and advisory bodies for numerous organizations including Toronto Metropolitan University, Pollution Probe, WaterAid Canada, Carleton University’s Global Water Institute, the City of Toronto’s Task Force to Bring Back the Don, Green Living Enterprises, the Vimy Foundation and the George and Helen Vari Foundation.