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John Kelly
Dr. John Kelly is the Executive Director of MaRS Landing, a joint project partnered by the University of Guelph, the City of Guelph, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies (OAFT), Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the MaRS Discovery District.
During the past 16 years, he has held various senior management positions with start-ups and multinational companies, including Land O’ Lakes, Ralston Purina, Rhone-Poulenc Canada Inc. and Aventis CropSciences Inc., KeliRo Company Inc, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. He is currently President and CEO of Guelph Partnership for Innovation.
John works towards removing barriers to growth and improve access to tools and information in the agriculture and food, life science and biotechnology sectors. His primary focus is to foster the rural Ontario connection to the MaRS Discovery District, foster the link of agriculture, food and health, and to work with new, innovative technologies with application in this space. John also builds on the fact that there is more convergence than ever among traditional agriculture, food, medical sciences and manufacturing.
A graduate of the University of Guelph (B.Sc. (Agr.); Ph.D.) and the University of Alberta (M.Sc), John is married to Cathy with four daughters and is avid participant in hockey and golf.
