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Prime Minister Announces Appointment of a New Deputy Minister of Finance
July 3, 1997
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment of Scott Clark
as Deputy Minister of Finance. Since November 1994, Mr. Clark has held
the position of Associate Deputy Minister of Finance. His career with
the Department of Finance spans some twenty years during which time he
has held such positions as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and G-7 Deputy
for Canada, Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis
and Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs and Government Finance.
From October 1989 to November 1992, Mr. Clark served as Canada's Executive
Director to the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
Mr. Clark succeeds David Dodge who has been appointed Special Advisor to
the Minister of Finance and will be pursuing a sabbatical at the University
of British Columbia as Visiting Scholar until next spring. It is intended
that Mr. Dodge would assume new responsibilities in the Public Service
at that time.
Mr. Clark's appointment is effective July 14, 1997.
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PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
(Biographical notes attached)
SCOTT CLARK
Date of Birth: April 1944
Education:
-B.A., (Economics and Mathematics) Queen's University, Kingston
-Ph.D., (Economics) University of California, Berkeley, USA
Professional Experience
November 1994 to Present
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
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