BOE adds to the ranks
Beaudry will assume his role on Feb 18, according to the BOC.
He takes over from Sylvain Leduc, who departed in July.
"I am delighted that Paul Beaudry is joining the Bank's Governing Council," said Governor Stephen Poloz in a statement. "He is a world-renowned scholar and is already well-known and respected by his fellow Deputy Governors. The breadth of Paul's experience, research and expertise will be invaluable as the Bank continues to fulfill its mandate to promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada."
From the BOC:
Mr. Beaudry is a professor of economics at University of British Columbia's Vancouver School of Economics. He has been a visiting scholar and researcher at numerous institutions, including the Bank of Canada, the C.D. Howe Institute, CIRANO, the National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Beaudry is a two-time former laureate of the Bank of Canada's Research Fellowship Award. He has also held a Canada Research Chair in economics.
