John Magill is a retired corporate lawyer and former senior partner of Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto. His practice regularly involved providing legal and strategic leadership in mergers and amalgamations as well as corporate governance advice to support these major initiatives after closing.
Throughout his career John has been actively involved in community service and has helped lead health transformation in Ontario. John has served as Chair of the Queensway General Hospital, Trillium Health Centre, the Professional Division of the United Way of Metropolitan Toronto, founding Chair of the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network, citizen member City of Mississauga Governance Committee, Vice Chair of Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and most recently as Board member and Chair of Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada.
Following his retirement from practice in 2005 John was a senior consultant in corporate governance and strategic planning for the tng corporate governance firm until 2023. He also serves as Chair of the A.N. Magill Awards Committee for The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. In 1993 John was awarded the Commemorative Medal celebrating the 125th anniversary of Confederation in recognition of his community service. In 2011 John was the principal author of a new Local Health Integration Network Guide to Good Governance for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. In 2014 John was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.