Bio
Jean-Pierre Girouard is a Senior Director in the Financial Stability Department. As a member of the department’s senior leadership team, he provides strategic leadership for the Bank’s analysis and research on issues related to the financial sector in Canada and abroad as well as the assessment of risk to financial system stability.
Before joining the Bank, Mr. Girouard worked at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) from 2001 to 2026. From 2016 to 2022, he served as Managing Director of the Approvals and Precedents team and later the Legislative Policy, Interpretations and Compliance team. In these roles, he led teams responsible for regulatory approvals and the interpretation of the Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act, Trust and Loan Companies Act and related regulations. In 2022, he was appointed Managing Director, Domestic Banking, leading the day-to-day supervision of a portfolio of small and mid-sized deposit-taking institutions.
Born in Montréal, Québec, Mr. Girouard holds a Master of Science in Management degree from Queen’s University and a Baccalaureate in civil law degree from Université de Montréal.