Charles Freedman

Charles Freedman has helped steer Canada’s financial course. He studied commerce at UC, winning the Governor General’s Silver Medal; attended Oxford University on a Commonwealth Scholarship, then MIT, where he earned a doctorate in economics. In his 15 years as deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, Freedman played a key role in the formulation and implementation of monetary policy, financial system stability and the development of clearing and settlement systems. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and is scholar-in-residence at Carleton University and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.