E. Hunter Harrison is a Tennessee-born railroader who currently is the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway (CN), a public company with 22,000 employees and market capitalization of 21 billion USD in 2008.
He had previously served as president of Illinois Central Railroad until that railroad's acquisition by CN. At that time, he was named CN's EVP and COO. Industry trade journal Railway Age named Harrison its Railroader of the Year for 2002.