Sharon Kozicki was appointed Advisor to the Governor effective 26 August 2013. In that role, she is focused on the Canadian economy and monetary policy. She also serves as Secretary to Governing Council and leads the Bank’s research on the monetary policy framework.
Before becoming an Advisor, Ms. Kozicki served as Chief of the Bank’s Canadian Economic Analysis Department, a position to which she was appointed in September 2010. In this capacity, she was responsible for keeping Governing Council informed about economic developments and prospects in Canada in support of monetary policy decisions. Ms. Kozicki also oversaw longer-term research on the operation of the economy, inflation, macro-financial linkages, and the transmission channels of domestic and international monetary policies.
Prior to joining the Bank in 2006, Ms. Kozicki was an economist with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC, and later Vice President and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. From November 2008 until September 2010, Ms. Kozicki was Deputy Chief of the Bank of Canada’s International Economic Analysis Department.
Born in Ottawa, Ms. Kozicki obtained a bachelor of science degree and a master’s degree in economics at the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of California San Diego.
