Ian Gerard McKay (born 1963) is a Canadian executive who has worked extensively in business and politics.
[3][4] McKay is also recognized for assisting in the successful final negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Japan.
Upon graduating from Penticton Secondary School in 1981, he returned to Japan as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.
Immediately following his studies at the University of British Columbia in 1987, McKay was recruited as a derivatives broker by EuroBrokers Investment Inc. in New York.
Following 18 years in the financial markets, working in New York City, Tokyo, London and Vancouver, McKay served as a Senior Policy Advisor to three federal cabinet ministers in Ottawa.