OVTS 2008 Plenary Speakers
Stephen S. Poloz,
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada
Mr. Poloz joined EDC in 1999 as Chief Economist. Today, he heads up EDC’s Corporate
Affairs Group, which is responsible for strategic planning, corporate communications,
public affairs, government and stakeholder relations, international relations,
environmental risk, engineering, political risk, the information centre and economics.
Mr. Poloz was managing editor of The International Bank Credit Analyst, with Montreal-based
BCA Research, from 1996-99. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with the Bank of
Canada, where his last position was chief of the Research Department. He has been a
visiting scholar at the Economic Planning Agency in Tokyo and at the IMF in
Washington. He has served on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of
Economics, on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association, as
President of the Ottawa Economics Association, and on the advisory board of the John
Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy at Queen’s University. Mr. Poloz
holds a PhD and M.A. in economics from the University of Western Ontario, and a B.A.
in economics from Queen’s University.
Export Development Canada provides financing and insurance to help Canadian
exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC helps 7000 Canadian
companies and their global customers in up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is
financially self-sustaining and is a recognized leader in financial reporting, economic
analysis and human resource management.
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