Henri Rothschild has over 30 years of leadership experience in the planning and executing national and global science and technology (S&T) initiatives that address Canadian innovation objectives. He is currently President & CEO of the Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (CIIRDF), which he has managed since its inception in 1994. Dr. Rothschild has also worked in International S&T Partnerships Canada from 2007 to 2013, having been instrumental in its establishment. Before CIIRDF, Dr. Rothschild held several positions of increasing responsibilities associated with the management and commercialization of research, reaching the assistant deputy minister, Science and Technology, and later Chief Scientist at Industry Canada. Dr. Rothschild has served as director of the University of Toronto’s Innovation Foundation, where he was interim President and CEO from 1998 to 1999. Among his many national and international associations, Rothschild served as a Canadian member of the scientific delegation to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 1974-81. He was also the founding Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the International Human Frontiers Science Program and held leading positions in many other international organizations such as the OECD. In December 1999, Dr. Rothschild was the recipient of the 10th Anniversary Medal of the International Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP), an award presented at the White House. Dr. Rothschild has a Bachelor of Science from the Université de Montréal and a Masters and PhD of Science from Purdue University.
