DAVID
DODGE
Topics:
 David Dodge is
the chancellor of Queen’s University and the governor of the Bank of
Canada. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s most admired central
bankers and also known for bringing transparency when he joined the Bank
of Canada.
The Toronto native won a reputation for
blunt comments, such as calling on investors to “do their own bloody
homework,” and saying there was nothing “fundamentally screwy” about oil
prices back in 2006. His peers describe him as someone who is
“intellectually restless and imaginative.” For example, it was Dodge who
noted that innovation and technological change would be an engine of
economic growth, something that had been overlooked by the field of
economics at the time.
During his seven-year term as Bank of Canada
governor, he deftly managed through several difficult economic events,
including the terrorist attacks on September 11, the dot-com busts, U.S.
recession, and Canada’s involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraqi
conflicts. Critics credit Dodge with keeping “inflation close to
target,” while promoting “strong job growth and the lowest unemployment
in a generation.”
Prior to joining the Bank of Canada, Dodge
held senior positions in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation,
the Anti-Inflation Board, and the Department of Employment and
Immigration. After serving a number of increasingly senior positions at
the Department of Finance, including that of G-7 deputy, he was
appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 1992. And, in 1998, he was
appointed Deputy Minister of Health.
David Dodge’s style is to tell it like it
is. He was a steady force during his tenure as governor of the Bank of
Canada and audiences will get a unique opportunity to learn about our
country’s economic growth prospects from one of the world’s leading
experts.
Highlights:
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Former Deputy
Minister of Health and Deputy Minister of Finance
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Chair of the
Ontario Economic Summit
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Co-chair of Market Monitoring Group, a new global risk group
created by the Institute of International Finance
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