John William Crow was the fifth Governor

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 of the Bank of Canada

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 from 1987 to 1994, succeeding Gerald Bouey

Gerald Bouey

Gerald Keith Bouey, was the fourth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky. He was succeeded by John Crow....

. He was succeeded by Gordon Thiessen

Gordon Thiessen

Gordon G. Thiessen, OC was the sixth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1994 to 2001, succeeding John Crow. He was succeeded by David A. Dodge....

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Born in London

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, England

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, he went to Parmiter's School

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 also he served with the Royal Air Force

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 for two years before receiving a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford

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 in 1961. He spent the next decade at the International Monetary Fund

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 and was appointed Chief of the North American division in 1970.

In 1973, he joined the research department of the Bank of Canada as Deputy Chief and became chief about a year later. He was appointed Adviser to the Governor in 1979 and Deputy Governor in May 1981.

He was a director of Placer Dome from 1999 until it was acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006. He is also the president of J&R Crow Inc.

In 2009, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

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 "for his leadership in the area of Canada’s monetary policy, notably as governor of the Bank of Canada, and for his involvement with the International Monetary Fund".

External links

• John William Crow at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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