David Dodge, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
Wednesday September 19, 2012 Kitchener-Waterloo Roundtable Event: Macro-economic Scene and Implications for the Canadian Economy
A native of Toronto, Mr. Dodge received a bachelor’s degree (honours) from Queen’s University, and a PhD in economics from Princeton.
During his academic career, he taught economics at Queen’s University; Johns Hopkins University; University of British Columbia; and Simon Fraser University.
After serving in a number of increasingly senior positions at the Department of Finance, including that of G-7 Deputy, he was Deputy Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1997, and Deputy Minister of Health from 1998 to 2001.
Mr. Dodge, appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective 1 February 2001 for a term of seven years, retired on 31 January 2008.
Mr. Dodge is currently Chancellor of Queen’s University. He is Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP, one of Canada’s leading law firms. He is a member of the board of directors of Canadian Utilities Limited, ATCO Limited, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Also, he co-chairs the Global Market Monitoring Group of the International Institute of Finance. In 2009, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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