CFEC - Key Persons
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- Media Relations Consultant
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- Media Relations Consultant
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- Senior Media Relations Consultant
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- Chairman of Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Principal
Anne Whelan was appointed to the Bank of Canada's Board of Directors in June 2018.
Originating from Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador and residing in St. John's, Ms. Whelan holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from Memorial University. She also completed advanced studies in alternative dispute resolution and holds the ICD.D designation from the Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business.
Ms. Whelan is principal shareholder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Seafair Capital, a growth-focused company with investments in community and behavioural health services and technology, e-learning, and corporate services. In addition to leading her group of companies, Ms. Whelan serves as a corporate director of CSA Group, and Nova Leap Health (TSXV: NLH). She has previously served as board chair of Newfoundland Power, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc, and as a director for Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association, and the Business Development Bank of Canada. Ms. Whelan brings her down-to-earth style and entrepreneurial passion to every conversation, contributing her time and talent to various other regional boards and community service initiatives including service as vice-chair of The Gathering Place, an inner city service for guests in need of food, shelter, healthcare, community supports and socialization.
Ms. Whelan has been nationally and regionally recognized for her business and community contributions. She was named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful women in 2021 and 2016. In 2019, she was awarded the Red Cross Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 2017, she was named Startup Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year for an outstanding contribution to Canadian entrepreneurship and was also awarded the P.J. Gardiner Newfoundland and Labrador Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Memorial University. Ms. Whelan was named Atlantic Business Magazine's CEO of the Year in 2014 and was inducted into Atlantic Business Magazine's Top 50 CEO Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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- Regional Director ( Financial Markets Department )
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Carlos Leitão was appointed to the Bank of Canada's Board of Directors in May 2023.
Mr. Leitão was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 2014 and held the position of Minister of Finance between 2014 and 2018. During that time, he was a member of the Committee on Public Finance and a member of the Ministerial Committee for the Economy, Job Creation and Sustainable Development. In 2016, he served as President of the Treasury Board. Between 2018 and 2022, while in opposition, he chaired the Public Administration Committee and was vice president of the Committee on Public Finance.
He represented the provincial riding of Robert-Baldwin in Quebec until his retirement from politics in 2022.
Before his life in politics, Mr. Leitão spent more than 30 years in the Canadian banking and financial sector. From 1983 to 2003, he was an economist at the Royal Bank of Canada. He then became Chief Economist of Laurentian Bank Securities, a position he held from 2003 to 2014.
Mr. Leitão holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chartered Professional Accountant
- Senior Deputy Governor
- Senior Deputy Governor / Executive
Carolyn Rogers was appointed Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective December 15, 2021, for a seven-year term.
At the time of her appointment as Senior Deputy Governor, Ms. Rogers was Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. From 2016 to 2019, Ms. Rogers served as Assistant Superintendent, Regulation Sector at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), where she was responsible for policy-related functions, including capital, accounting and legislation.
Before joining OSFI, Ms. Rogers served from 2010 to 2016 as Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of the integrated financial sector regulator of British Columbia, the Financial Institutions Commission. During that time she served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators. She is also a founding member and past Chair of the Credit Union Prudential Supervisors Association.
Before entering the provincial public service, Ms. Rogers worked in various roles in the private sector, including as chief financial officer and chief executive officer of a private company. She also worked in the financial services sector at several credit union organizations and a major bank.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ms. Rogers is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds a bachelor of arts from Brandon University and a master of business administration from Queen's University.
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers talks about financial stability in an era of higher interest rates.
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers discusses the Bank's latest interest rate decision and recent global and domestic developments, including how Canada's economic and inflation experience compares with other countries.
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers provides an economic update and discusses why the Bank is raising rates fast to tackle high inflation.
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers discusses how the Bank of Canada's independence and accountability help build public trust.
Carolyn Rogers was appointed Senior Deputy Governor, effective December 15, 2021.
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- Member Ex Officio / Deputy Minister of Finance 1
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- Regional Director ( Currency )
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- Regional Director ( Economics )
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- Survey Planning Coordinator
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- Chairman of Human Resources and Compensation Committee
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- Research Assistant ( Financial Markets Department )
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- Director ( Financial Markets Department )
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- Regional Director ( Economics )
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- Director ( Survey and Economic Intelligence )
Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left) and the Bank's first Governor, Graham Towers (right). A copper box inside the cornerstone contained bank notes of the 1935 and 1937 issues, 1937 Canadian coins, the Bank of Canada Act and the Amendment Act, the By-laws of the Bank, the Reports of the 1st and 2nd Annual Shareholders Meetings, a copy of the Bank's Statistical Summary for July 1937, a copy of the 1933 Royal Commission on Banking and Currency, which recommended the establishment of the Bank of Canada, and a list of those present at the cornerstone ceremony.
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- Regional Director ( Currency )
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- Survey Planning Coordinator
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- Regional Director ( Economics )
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- Regional Director ( Currency )
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- Director, Media Relations
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee
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- Media Relations Consultant
S.G. Davenport of Montréal was hired to act as consulting architect and adviser for the project. Davenport, in turn, recommended the Toronto firm of Marani, Lawson & Morris as principal architects.
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- Acting Regional Director ( Economics )
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- Media Relations Consultant
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Governor
Tiff Macklem is the Bank of Canada's tenth Governor. He was appointed on June 3, 2020 for a term of seven years.
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- Regional Director ( Currency )
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- Director, Toronto Regional Office ( Financial Markets Department )
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- Principal Analyst ( Financial Markets Department )