EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Anthony Johnston
President - Co Founder
Anthony (Tony) Johnston serves as President of ILM Health, a Dallas/Toronto based digital healthcare company dedicated to transforming care for Medicaid members and underserved populations. With a mission rooted in health equity, Tony leads ILM vision of building a seamless digital health network that bridges technology with real-world community needs—empowering individuals, improving outcomes, and elevating standards of care for those who need it most.
A seasoned Canadian-American executive with 25+ years of leadership experience spanning healthcare technology, advanced materials, and manufacturing, Tony brings a rare combination of financial acumen, operational depth, and commercialization expertise. His career spans both public and private company environments, with a consistent record of building management teams, forging strategic partnerships across the US, Canada, and Asia, and guiding organizations from early-stage development through commercialization and successful exit.
Among his most notable achievements, Tony played a pivotal role in bringing the Acticoat Antimicrobial Barrier Dressing to global market—now a worldwide standard of care for burn victims. During a decade as Senior Vice President at Westaim Corp, a public company commercializing advanced technologies across healthcare, electronics, and energy sectors, he helped scale innovations from concept to international adoption. He later held CFO and CEO roles at multiple growth-stage companies, including leading the successful sale of public company to a private equity firm in 2016.
At ILM Health, Tony is focused on expanding access to health and lifestyle management tools that address the social determinants of health for Medicaid and underserved communities nationwide.
Based in Colleyville, Texas, Tony combines capital markets experience and the leadership skills needed to build and scale technology-driven companies in today’s complex healthcare landscape.