Stephen Poloz

Stephen Poloz
9th Governor of the Bank of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 3, 2013
Preceded by Mark Carney
President and CEO of Export Development Canada
In office
2010–2013
Appointed by Stephen Harper
Preceded by Eric Siegel
Succeeded by Pierre Gignac - acting
Personal details
Born Stephen S. Poloz
1956 (age 58–59)
Oshawa, Ontario
Spouse(s) Valarie Poloz
Children two children, Jessica and Nicholas
Alma mater Queen's University
University of Western Ontario

Stephen S. Poloz is a Canadian banker and current Governor of the Bank of Canada. He is the ninth Governor of the Bank of Canada.[1]

Background

Poloz is a graduate of both the University of Western Ontario and Queen's University.[2] His PhD thesis was on currency movements.[3] Poloz is a third generation Ukrainian Canadian from Oshawa, Ontario.[4]

Career

Poloz spent 14 years with the Bank of Canada (1981-1994) before leaving as Chief of Research Department to become managing editor of BCA Research from 1994 to 1999. Poloz joined Export Development Canada agency in 1999 and became its President and CEO in 2010.

He has been a visiting scholar with "Economic Planning Agency" in Tokyo and at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C.[5]

Poloz attended the 62nd Bilderberg Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 29 - June 1, 2014, where one of the subjects being discussed was the situation in Ukraine. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Poloz appointed Governor of Bank of Canada, Bank of Canada press releases, May 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Parliament of Canada:: Biographical details on Poloz
  3. ↑ Canada’s new central-bank governor: After Carney, Economist, May 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Dark clouds to greet Stephen Poloz’s first day at his dream job (personal details about Stephen Poloz), Globe and Mail, May 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ Parliament of Canada about Poloz
  6. ↑ Poloz at Bilderberg Conference in Copenhagen

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