Bio
Harriet Jackson was appointed Managing Director of the Bank’s Canadian Economic Analysis Department (CEA), effective 25 May 2026. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the department, including providing rigorous and timely analysis of economic conditions in Canada and advice on the conduct of monetary policy.
Before her appointment, Ms. Jackson was Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Senior Deputy Governor. In this role, she set priorities for the Senior Deputy Governor’s office and provided strategic advice on key issues and challenges across a range of operational and policy areas. She worked closely with the Executive Committee and Governing Council to support the objectives of the Senior Deputy Governor and the Bank.
Ms. Jackson first joined the Bank in 2007 as a principal researcher in the Research Department, now CEA. She later became a policy advisor in the International Economic Analysis Department (INT), where she led the department’s contribution to the Bank’s flagship Monetary Policy Report. Appointed a senior officer in CEA in 2015, she supported the fixed announcement date process and supervised the work of the Regional Analysis Division.
Ms. Jackson subsequently held senior leadership roles in the INT department, including Deputy Managing Director from 2017 to 2021, where she oversaw analysis of global economic developments and their implications for Canadian monetary policy, and Managing Director from 2021 to 2024, where she led the department’s strategic direction and management, as well as its analysis of global economic conditions and related policy advice.
Before joining the Bank, Ms. Jackson worked at the Department of Finance Canada and the Privy Council Office, providing advice on a wide range of fiscal and macroeconomic issues.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Ms. Jackson completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in economics at McMaster University in Hamilton.