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Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1987 to 1994
John William Crow
OC
(born 22 January 1937) was the fifth
Governor
of the
Bank of Canada
from 1987 to 1994, succeeding
Gerald Bouey
. He was succeeded by
Gordon Thiessen
.
Born in
London
,
England
, he went to
Parmiter's School
also he served with the
Royal Air Force
for two years before receiving a degree in
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
from the
University of Oxford
in 1961. He spent the next decade at the
International Monetary Fund
and was appointed Chief of the North American division in 1970.
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In 1973, he joined the research department of the Bank of Canada as Deputy Chief and became chief about a year later. He was appointed Adviser to the Governor in 1979 and Deputy Governor in May 1981.
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He was a director of Placer Dome from 1999 until it was acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006. He is also the president of J&R Crow Inc.
In 2009, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
"for his leadership in the area of Canada’s monetary policy, notably as governor of the Bank of Canada, and for his involvement with the International Monetary Fund".
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