Don Drummond

Don Drummond is the Stauffer-Dunning Fellow in Global Public Policy and adjunct professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. He served as chair for the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services in 2011-2012. Previously, he held a series of progressively senior positions in economic analysis and forecasting, fiscal policy and tax policy during almost 23 years at Finance Canada. His last three positions were assistant deputy minister of fiscal policy and economic analysis, senior assistant deputy minister of tax policy and legislation and, most recently, associate deputy minister. He subsequently was senior vice president and chief economist at TD Bank, where he led the analysis and forecasting of economic performance. He is a graduate of the University of Victoria and holds an MA in Economics from Queen’s University. He has honorary doctorates from Queen’s and the University of Victoria and is a member of the Order of Ontario.