Jeremy Rudin was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance in 2008 after serving as General Director since 2006. The Branch’s responsibilities cover a wide range of issues including: policy and legislation governing federally-regulated financial institutions and financial stability more broadly; supporting access to financing, payments system policy, the management of the government’s market debt, and international reserves; and strategies to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
Mr. Rudin joined the Department of Finance in the Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch in 1993. He held a number of positions in that branch, where he was General Director from 2001 to 2004. In that role, he was closely involved in the development of the federal budget. He has also been Director, Funds Management in the Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Canada.
Before joining the public service, Mr. Rudin taught economics at the University of British Columbia and Queen’s University during which time he co-authored a leading textbook on Canadian macroeconomics. He holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto, an M.C.R.P. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.