====== Tom Closson ======

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**Tom Closson** is a Canadian healthcare executive and consultant based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. He runs [[Tom Closson Consulting]],((//Tom Closson - Principal @ Tom Closson Consulting - Crunchbase Person Profile.// Crunchbase. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-closson)) and is a volunteer advisor for [[MaRS Discovery District|MaRS Health Venture Services]].((//Tom Closson.// MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220702235816/https://www.marsdd.com/bio/tom-closson/)) He also volunteers as a crisis responder for [[Kids Help Phone]].

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of [[LifeLabs]], the [[Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement]] and [[Health Quality Ontario]], and chairs the Health Policy Council at the [[C.D. Howe Institute]].((//Annual Report 2021.// C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109082150/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf))

He has previously served as president and CEO of the [[Ontario Hospital Association]] (OHA), [[University Health Network]] (UHN), [[Capital Health Region]] and [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]].((//Tom Closson.// MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220702235816/https://www.marsdd.com/bio/tom-closson/))

Government positions have included serving as Chief Information Officer for the [[Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services]] as well as management positions with the [[Ontario Ministry of Health]] and Management Board. He isa Fellow of the [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]] and a Certified Healthcare Executive.

===== History =====

==== Education ====

Closson graduated from the [[University of Toronto]] with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering, and earned his Master of Business Administration at [[York University]].

==== Career ====

Closson began his career doing Industrial Engineering at [[SickKids]].

Closson was a part owner of [[Medicus Canada]], and worked as a partner with [[KPMG]].

While serving as President of the [[Ontario Hospital Association]] (OHA), in October 2010, Closson issued an apology following a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110527163537/http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/consultantuse_en.pdf|report]] from Ontario's Auditor General [[Jim McCarter]] which found "too many hospitals awarded contracts to consultants and lobbyists without competitive bids and with 'lax controls' on expenses."((Ferguson, R., & Benzie, R. (2010, October 20). //Ontario tightens lobbying rules after scathing report.// Toronto Star. http://archive.today/2023.05.30-205334/https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2010/10/20/ontario_tightens_lobbying_rules_after_scathing_report.html?rf)) 

He stepped down from his position in 2012, at which point he began work as a health systems consultant.((//Tom Closson.// MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220702235816/https://www.marsdd.com/bio/tom-closson/))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-closson|Crunchbase]]
  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-closson-027b2b8|LinkedIn]]