Bio
Harriet Jackson was appointed Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Senior Deputy Governor, effective March 25, 2024. In this capacity, Ms. Jackson sets priorities for the Senior Deputy Governor’s office and provides strategic advice on key issues and challenges across a range of operational and policy areas. She works closely with the Executive Committee and Governing Council to support the objectives of the Senior Deputy Governor and the Bank.
Before her appointment, Ms. Jackson was Managing Director of the Bank’s International Economic Analysis Department (INT). In this role, she was responsible for the management and strategic direction of the department, which included providing rigorous and timely analysis of global economic conditions as well as advice on monetary policy and international policy issues.
Ms. Jackson first joined the Bank in 2007 as a principal researcher in the Research Department, now Canadian Economic Analysis (CEA). She later became a policy advisor in INT, leading the department’s contribution to the Bank’s flagship Monetary Policy Report. Appointed a senior officer in CEA in 2015, Ms. Jackson supported the fixed announcement date process and supervised the work of the Regional Analysis Division. As Deputy Managing Director of INT from 2017 to 2021, she oversaw analysis of global economic developments and their implications for Canadian monetary policy.
Previously, Ms. Jackson worked at the Department of Finance Canada and the Privy Council Office, where she provided advice on a wide range of fiscal and macroeconomic issues.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Ms. Jackson completed both her undergraduate and master’s degrees in economics at McMaster University in Hamilton.