Harold Wilson, the former president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, has joined the City of North Bay’s economic development team as a business development officer.
Wilson resigned from the chamber in early 2013 for an unsuccessful run in politics.
He brings more than 25 years of experience in economic development, private business, and in government with the Northwestern Ontario Development Network and the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
Wilson returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay in 2009 after six years in Medicine Hat where he held the post of executive director of the Economic Development Alliance of Southeast Alberta, a regional development organization.
He also worked as a manager with Meggitt Training Systems Canada, a defence contractor in Medicine Hat, where he was part of growing a high-tech cluster specializing in unmanned vehicle systems used as live-fire training platforms for the military and law enforcement. Wilson was a founding director of the Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems working for attract investment and research dollars into Alberta.
Wilson started his new job on Nov. 9. He can be reached at [email protected].
