Jean Boivin

Jean Boivin, PhD, Managing Director is Deputy Chief Investment Strategist of the Blackrock Investment Institute, a global platform which leverages BlackRock's global expertise to generate insights that augment their ability to create a better financial future for their clients. Prior to joining BlackRock, Dr. Boivin served variously as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and then Associate Deputy Finance Minister and Finance Canada's representative at the G7, G20 and Financial Stability Board. He was a special advisor to Mark Carney when he was Governor of the Bank of Canada. Dr. Boivin has also taught at INSEAD, HEC Montreal and Columbia Business School and has written widely on monetary policy.

Dr. Boivin earned a B.Sc. degree in economics from the Universite de Montreal in 1995, an MA in economics from Princeton University in 1997 and a PhD in economics from Princeton University in 2000.

Education

• Ph.D. Princeton University (1995 — 1999)
• B. Sc. Université de Montréal (1992 — 1995)

Companies

• Head of the BlackRock Investment Institute and Global Head of Research BlackRock (2019)
• Managing Director and Global Head of Research BlackRock (2018)
• Managing Director and Head of Economic and Markets Research BlackRock (2016)
• Managing Director and Deputy Chief Investment Strategist BlackRock (2014 — 2016)
• Associate Deputy Finance Minister and G20/G7 Deputy Finance Canada (2012 — 2014)
• Deputy Governor Bank of Canada (2010 — 2012)
• Special Adviser Bank of Canada (2009 — 2010)
• Professor of Finance and Economics HEC Montréal (2006 — 2010)
• Visiting Professor INSEAD (2009 — 2009)

Skills

• Public Policy
• Eviews
• International Finance

Other

Financial Economics, Stata, Time Series Analysis, Microeconomics, Quantitative Analytics, Management Consulting, Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Statistics, Policy Analysis, Financial Modeling, Economic Policy, Economic Research, Teaching, Research, International Economics, Finance, Analysis, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Financial Markets, Monetary Policy, Economics