CBIE, Canada. Robert Summerby-Murray, president of Saint Mary’s University, is CBIE’s new chair of the board of directors, having been first appointed to the board in January 2018. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Robert received his PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto in 1992. An award-winning educator, he is an experienced academic administrator and post-secondary advocate. He participates on public and private boards, including Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia, the Business-Education Council and the Advisory Council for the Order of Nova Scotia. In May 2018, he was named one of Atlantic Canada Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEOs. Robert looks forward to “furthering efforts to put Canada’s global engagement challenge on the agendas of government and the private sector”.