John Gamble is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert and spokesperson on engineering, business and public policy. Mr. Gamble’s success is built upon combined experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Before joining the
Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada (ACEC) as president and CEO, he held management and executive positions in a number of professional and industry associations. Prior to that, Mr. Gamble served as a senior advisor to cabinet ministers
in the Ontario provincial government. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Queen's University and spent the first 10 years of his career practicing environmental engineering in a leading consulting firm serving both public and private
sector clients. Throughout his career, John Gamble has promoted the importance of engineering to our social, economic, and environmental quality of life to a wide range of industry, government, academic and public organizations. In 2006, he became the first
recipient of the ACEC Chair's Award for his “exceptional contribution to the consulting engineering industry.” In 2019 he was recognized for his contribution to engineering excellence by the Queen's University Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science as
part of its 125th anniversary.