DonDrummond

Don Drummond

Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist - TD Bank Financial Group

Don Drummond is the retired Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at TD Financial Group. He led TD Economics' work in analyzing and forecasting economic performance in Canada and abroad. During his 23-year career in finance, Mr. Drummond progressed in the areas of economic analysis and forecasting, fiscal policy, and tax policy moving to Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis; Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy and Legislation; and, most recently, Associate Deputy Minister. He was ultimately responsible for economic analysis, fiscal policy, tax policy, social policy and federal-provincial relations, and he coordinated the planning of the annual federal Budgets.


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Don Drummond is the retired Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at TD Financial Group. He led TD Economics' work in analyzing and forecasting economic performance in Canada and abroad. For Canada, this work is conducted at the city, provincial, industrial, and national levels. He retired from TD after an illustrious financial career to his current role as Matthews Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the School of Policy Studies at Queens University.

Prior to joining TD Bank, Drummond worked with the Department ofFinance. During his 23-year career in finance, Mr. Drummond progressed in the areas of economic analysis and forecasting, fiscal policy, and tax policy moving to Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis; Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy and Legislation; and, most recently, Associate Deputy Minister. He was ultimately responsible for economic analysis, fiscal policy, tax policy, social policy and federal-provincial relations, and he coordinated the planning of the annual federal Budgets.

Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Drummond graduated from the University of Victoria. He subsequently received his M.A. in Economics from Queen's University. In addition to being the Chief Economist at TD, he is the Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy Queen's University and Chair of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario Public Services.

Drummond travels widely across Canada and abroad, speaking to TD clients and various groups about the Canadian economy and its prospects, and he is frequently quoted by the media on economic and policy issues.

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