William R. White

William (Bill) White was Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada (1988 to 1994) and then became the Economic Adviser to the Bank for International Settlements in Basel (1994 to 2008). He served as the Chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD in Paris (2009 to 2018). He was also a member of the Issing Committee (2008-2012), advising the German Chancellor on G20 issues, and sat on the Advisory Board of INET and the Cato Institute (Washington) among others.

He is currently a Senior Fellow at the C. D. Howe Institute in Toronto. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Council on Economic Policies (Zurich), OMFIF (London) and MNI-Contact (London). Mr. White’s research interests focus on issues pertaining to monetary and financial stability. His website is www.williamwhite.ca.