Education
His Doctor of Philosophy thesis was on currency movements.
His Doctor of Philosophy thesis was on currency movements.
He is the ninth Governor of the Bank of Canada. Poloz is a graduate of both the University of Western Ontario and Queen"s University. Poloz is a third generation Ukrainian Canadian from Oshawa, Ontario.
Poloz spent 14 years with the Bank of Canada (1981-1994) before leaving as Chief of Research Department to become managing editor of Bank Central Asia Research from 1994 to 1999.
Poloz joined Export Development Canada agency in 1999 and became its President and Chief Executive Officer in 2010. He has been a visiting scholar with "Economic Planning Agency" in Tokyo and at the International Monetary Fund in Washington District of Columbia Poloz attended the 62nd Bilderberg Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 29 - June 1, 2014, where one of the subjects being discussed was the situation in Ukraine.