Joseph Peter James Pennachetti is Canadian public servant who served as the

city manager A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a "Mayor–council government" council–manager form of city government. Local officials serving in this position are sometimes referred to as the chief execu ...

for the

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from 2008 to 2015. He is presently the chair of the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) board of directors. Pennachetti is a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

Career

Early career

Pennachetti holds a

master of business administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the University of Windsor and is a certified general accountant. Prior to joining the

, he was the treasurer and commissioner of finance in Peel Region. He held the same job in York Region from 1990 to 1995. He has also worked with the municipal governments of

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and

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City of Toronto

Pennachetti joined the City of Toronto as its deputy city manager and chief financial officer in 2002, before he was selected to replace Shirley Hoy as city manager in 2008, a role in which he served until 2015.

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, the mayor of Toronto, nominated

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to succeed Pennachetti as city manager. He previously served as the city's deputy city manager and chief financial officer (CFO) from 2002 to October 6, 2008, when Mayor David Miller appointed him to replace retiring city manager Shirley Hoy. Initially announcing he would step down in November 2014, Pennachetti stayed in the role until May 8, 2015, at the request of Mayor Tory. Pennachetti has worked in the administrations of Toronto mayors Mel Lastman (as CFO), David Miller, Robert Ford and John Tory.

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Joe Pennachetti at Munk School

Joe Pennachetti at OCWA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pennachetti, Joe Living people Canadian city managers and chief administrative officers People from Toronto Year of birth missing (living people)

Career

Early career

City of Toronto

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