Timothy Plumptre

Timothy Plumptre
Plumptre in 2018
Born	November 27, 1943
Died	January 16, 2025
Education	Political Science (BA), Economics (MSc) and Management (Certificate)
Alma mater	University of Toronto, London School of Economics, University of Oxford
Occupation	Founding President Institute on Governance
Known for	Governance
Notable work	Beyond the Bottom Line, The Intrepid Nonprofit

Timothy Wynne Plumptre (November 27, 1943 - January 16, 2025) was an author and the Founding President of the Institute on Governance in Ottawa, Canada. ^[1]

Education

Tim Plumptre earned an Honours BA in political science and economics at the University of Toronto (1965), an MSc Econ from the London School of Economics (1966), and a Certificate in Management Studies at the University of Oxford (1973). ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Tim Plumptre began his career as a foreign service officer, then worked as a journalist with the Globe and Mail, returning to Ottawa in the late '60s to work at the Canadian International Development Agency and as Special Assistant to a federal cabinet minister. He then worked as an independent management consultant and with the international consulting firm William Mercer. ^{[1] [4]}

He founded the nonprofit Institute on Governance (IOG) in 1990. During the 16 years of his presidency, the think-tank grew to approximately 20 staff working on domestic and international assignments. ^[5] He continued consulting after he left the IOG in 2007. ^{[6] [4]}

He was a Visiting Scholar at Massey College ^[7] and an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University. As a volunteer, he provided leadership to numerous organizations in the National Capital, including the Children's Aid Society and the Community Care Access Centre of Ottawa-Carleton, ^[8] and the Hospice at Maycourt. ^[1]

Books

• Timothy W. Plumptre (1988). Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), Halifax, Canada ^{[9] [10]}
• Tim Plumptre (2019). The Intrepid Nonprofit: Strategies for Success in Turbulent Times, FriesenPress ^[2]

See also

Tim Plumptre: Heritage house owner vows to rebuild (CBC TV News, 2013)

References

1. 1 2 3 "Timothy Wynne Plumptre Obituary | 1943 - 2025 | Ottawa Citizen Remembering". ottawacitizen.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
2. The Intrepid Nonprofit at the FriesenPress Bookstore. 2019-05-30. ISBN   978-1-5255-0544-7.
3. "Tim Plumptre". World Biographical Encyclopedia, Inc.
4. "Tim Plumptre". Meta4Consulting. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
5. "Institute On Governance (IOG)". www.nira.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
6. "The IOG Remembers Tim Plumptre (1943–2025)". Institute on Governance. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
7. "Massey News 2018-2019" (PDF). Massey News. 2019.
8. "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
9. "Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government". IRPP. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
10. Aucoin, Peter (1989). "Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in GovernmentTimothy W. Plumptre Halifax: The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1988, pp. xx, 458" . Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique. 22 (1): 175–177. doi:10.1017/S0008423900000937. ISSN   1744-9324.