The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet

Born:

January 1951, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Education:

B.A., (Honours) Economics, Mount Allison University
M.A., Economics, University of Manchester
Ph.D., Economics, McMaster University

Marital Status:

Married, 2 children

Honours:

• Appointed a Privy Councillor (2009)

• Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Saskatchewan (2009), Queen's University (2008), Mount Allison University (2008), Cape Breton University (2007); Distinguished Alumni Award, McMaster University (2002)

Professional Experience:

March 2006 - to present
Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service of Canada.

September 2004 to March 2006
Executive Director for the Canadian, Irish and Caribbean constituency at the International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.)

March 2000 - September 2004
Deputy Minister of Finance

October 1995 to March 2000
Deputy Minister of Industry

November 1992 - October 1995
Associate Deputy Minister of Industry

October 1989 - 1992
Assistant Deputy Minister, and then Senior Assistant Deputy Mnister, 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, and then General Director, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of Finance

1981 - 1983
Assistant Chief, and then Chief, Capital Markets Division, Department of Finance

1976 - 1981
Economist, Bank of Canada

Other

• Member, Advisory Council of the Order of Canada (2006 – present).

• Director, Bank of Canada Board (2000 – 2004); Director, Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation Board ( 2000-2004); Director, Business Development Bank of Canada (1995-2000); Director, Canadian Tourism Commission (1996-2000); Director, Communications Research Center Board (1995-2000); Secretary, Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology (1995-2000); Director, Cape Breton Development Corporation Board (1994-1995); Director, Public Policy Forum (1998-2002).

• Member, Canadian Institutes of Health Interim Governing Council (1999-2000); Member, E-Business Opportunities Roundtable (1999-2000); Member, Canadian Ditchley Advisory Committee (2001-2007); Chair, OECD Working Party 1 (1990-1992); Chair, DM Committee on Technology and Information Management Systems (1998-2000).

• Commonwealth Scholarship (1972)