Jayson Myers is the Chief Executive Officer of Next Generation Manufacturing Canada, an industry-led not-for-profit corporation dedicated to building world-class advanced manufacturing capabilities in Canada and the organization responsible for leading the Canadian government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster initiative.

His career has spanned the worlds of industry, government, and research.  An award-winning business economist and formerly CEO of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Association and Chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition, he has been recognized as one of the most influential public policy advocates in Canada, particularly in the fields of international trade, industrial and technological change.  He has held lectureships and research fellowships at Oxford University and the University of Warwick.  He is also Principal of his own consulting firm which helps organizations identify and manage opportunities arising from changes reshaping industry and international business.