Prime Minister Announces Changes in the Senior Ranks
of the
Public Service
March 3, 2000
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in
the Public Service:
C. Scott Clark, currently Deputy Minister of Finance, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council
Office.
Kevin Lynch, currently Deputy Minister of Industry, becomes Deputy Minister of Finance.
V. Peter Harder, currently Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General of Canada,
becomes Deputy Minister of Industry.
These appointments are effective March 20, 2000.
Biographical notes attached.
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C. SCOTT CLARK
Born: April 1944
Education:
- B.A., (Honours) Economics and Mathematics Queen's University, Kingston
- Ph.D., (Economics) University of California, Berkeley, USA
Professional Experience:
July 1997 to Present
Deputy Minister of Finance
November 1994 - July 1997
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance
November 1992 - November 1994
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and G-7 Deputy for Canada, Department of Finance
October 1989 - November 1992
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
1986 - 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis, Department of Finance
1985 - 1986
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs and Government Finance, Department of Finance
1983 - 1985
General Director, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis, Department of Finance
1978 - 1983
Director, Long Range and Structural Analysis Division, Department of Finance
1977 - 1978
Chief, Macro Projection and Modelling Unit, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch,
Department of Finance
1975 - 1977
Senior Policy Analyst, Effectiveness Evaluation Division, Planning Branch, Treasury Board
Secretariat
1971 - 1975
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario, London
1969 - 1971
Lecturer in Economics, University of Western Ontario, London
1967 - 1968
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
KEVIN G. LYNCH
Born: January 1951
Education:
- B.A., (Honours) Economics, Mount Allison University
- M.A., Economics, University of Manchester
- Ph.D., Economics, McMaster University
Professional Experience:
October 1995 to Present
Deputy Minister of Industry
November 1992 - October 1995
Associate Deputy Minister of Industry
1992 (February to October)
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of
Finance
October 1989 - 1992
Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1988 - 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade and Finance Branch, Department of Finance
1983 - November 1988
Director, Economic Forecasting Division, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, then in
1986, General Director, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1981 - 1983
Assistant Chief, Financial Flows Section, then Chief, Financial Modelling and Research Section,
Capital Markets Division, Department of Finance
1976 - 1981
Economist, Special Studies Group, Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis, then Senior
Economist, Special Studies Group, Research Department, Bank of Canada
V. PETER HARDER
Born: August 1952
Education:
- B.A. (Honours - Political Science), University of Waterloo
- M.A. (Political Studies), Queen's University
Professional Experience:
December 1995 to Present
Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General for Canada
November 1993 - December 1995
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and then Special Advisor to the Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration
February 1993 to November 1993
Deputy Solicitor General and, in June 1993, Deputy Minister designate of the Department of Public
Security
1991 - 1993
Associate Deputy Minister (Immigration), Department of Employment and Immigration
1987 - 1991
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board
1986 - 1987
Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian National Railways
1984 - 1986
Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister
1980 - 1983
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition
1977 - 1980
Foreign Service Officer, Department of External Affairs
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