Bill Morneau

Bill Morneau served as Canada's 39th Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020, Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs and Internal Trade from 2019 to 2020, and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre from 2015 to 2020. He was also Governor at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. As Finance Minister, Morneau introduced the Canada Child Benefit, negotiated the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan, was a key member on the NAFTA renegotiation team, and led Canada’s economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Morneau currently serves as Chair of NovaSource Power Services, Director at CIBC and at Clairvest, Chair of the Advisory Board of Magnet at Toronto Metropolitan University, Chair of the Ditchley Canada Foundation, Co-Chair of the National Arts Centre’s The Next Act campaign, and member of the Rotman School of Management Dean’s Advisory Board. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, an Executive in Residence at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 

He holds an M.Sc. (Econ.) from the London School of Economics, an M.B.A. from INSEAD, and a B.A. from Western University.

Updated September 2026