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'''Maurice F. Strong''' (born 1929) "was named Senior Advisor to the President of the [[World Bank]] in June 1995.  From December 1992 until December 1995, Mr. Strong was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Ontario Hydro]], North America's largest utility. Until September 1992, Mr. Strong was Secretary General of the 1992 [[United Nations Conference on Environment and Development]] (the [[Earth Summit]]) and Under-Secretary General of the [[United Nations]]. During 1985 and 1986, he served as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Coordinator of the [[United Nations Office for Emergency Operations in Africa]] and was a member of the [[World Commission on Environment and Development]].  Born in Canada and a resident of Toronto, Canada, Mr. Strong has longstanding ties with both the private and public sectors. Mr. Strong served as the Secretary-General of the [[United Nations Conference on the Human Environment]] from November 1970 to December 1972, and subsequently became the first Executive Director of the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya (January 1973-December 1975). He was then appointed President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canada's national oil company, [[Petro-Canada]].  He also has been President of [[Power Corporation of Canada]], first President of the [[Canadian International Development Agency]] (CIDA), Chairman of the [[Canada Development Investment Corporation]] and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDCR) in Canada. Mr. Strong is an advisor to the United Nations, and serves on the board of several other public service organizations. He has been a director and/or officer of a number of Canadian, U.S. and international corporations.