Filipe Dinis

Bio

Filipe Dinis served as the Bank of Canada’s first Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 2014 until his retirement from the Bank in June 2024. As COO, he oversaw the Bank’s operations, strategic planning, risk and corporate functions, including the currency function, with a focus on cybersecurity and operational resilience.

Throughout his tenure, Mr. Dinis was a leader of innovation, driving the digital transformation of the Bank’s operations and promoting the adoption of new technologies and approaches to better face future challenges. He oversaw the renovation of the Bank’s Ottawa headquarters and the implementation of designs to encourage collaboration, including an innovation hub that partners with academia and the private sector to generate new ideas.

Mr. Dinis promoted innovation and resilience beyond the Bank as well, acting as an executive sponsor of the Resiliency of the Wholesale Payment System, a public-private partnership led by the Bank to promote stability in Canada’s financial system. He also led the creation of the Canadian Financial Sector Resiliency Group, a public-private partnership responsible for coordinating sector-wide responses to systemic-level operational incidents and for strengthening the financial sector’s critical infrastructure against risks to business operations, including cyber incidents.

Before joining the Bank, Mr. Dinis served in the Privy Council Office as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, providing strategic advice and analysis to the Clerk of the Privy Council on business transformation and public service renewal. He also served as Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner at the Canada Revenue Agency.

Mr. Dinis holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and is a chartered professional accountant. He currently serves as Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. In 2023, he was made a CPA Fellow in recognition of his exceptional leadership and contributions to the profession and to his community. Mr. Dinis also received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.