Donna Howard

Donna Howard was named Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada in January 2012. Prior to this appointment, she was Chief of the Financial Markets Department (FMD) from 2005. During her career at the Bank, she has been extensively involved in issues related to the implementation of monetary policy, the Bank’s fiscal-agent activities and the functioning of Canada’s financial system.

Ms. Howard is the Chair of the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee, the Secretary to the Heads of Agencies committee and the executive sponsor for the Auctions and Markets Applications Program (AMAP), as well as an adviser on matters related to financial system and market operations.

A graduate of Queen’s University, Ms. Howard joined the Bank of Canada in 1976 after two years at Wood Gundy in Toronto. In 1982–83, she worked for an investment fund, and in the 1990s was involved in technical assistance programs operated by the International Monetary Fund and the Canadian International Development Agency in the Czech Republic, Mongolia and Ghana.