Fred Gorbet, C.M., Ph. D.
CIT Chair in Financial Services and Director, Financial Services Program,
Schulich School of Business, York University. (GTA)

Fred Gorbet is currently the CIT Chair in Financial Services and Co-Director of the Financial Services Program at the Schulich School of Business, York University. He has extensive experience in public policy advice and formulation, particularly with regard to financial institutions and energy policy. During a 25-year career in the Canadian public service, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Department of Energy, Director of Policy for the International Energy Agency in Paris, Associate Secretary to the Cabinet for Strategic Policy and Deputy Minister of Finance.

Since leaving the public service, Fred has held senior executive positions in the life insurance industry. He has served as Executive Director of the MacKay Task Force, as Executive Director of the Saucier Task Force on Corporate Governance, as senior policy advisor to Credit Union Central of Canada on the National Initiative, and as the founding chair of the Market Surveillance Panel for administered electricity markets in Ontario.

In addition to his work at Schulich, Fred is currently a director of Assuris, the Credit Union Central of Ontario, LAWPRO, the North American Electric Reliability Council, the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Covenant House Toronto and Alterna Savings, where he is Vice Chair of the Board.

He has recently completed an assignment as a member of the Panel of Experts reviewing the federal Equalization Program, and continues to chair the Canadian Advisory Board for the CEPRA project, which provides economic and policy advice to Russia in the areas of fiscal federalism and public finance. He serves on two advisory committees to the Auditor-General of Canada and is a Senior Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute.

Fred has a BA from York University and a PhD in Economics from Duke University. He is a member of the Advisory Council to the Dean of the Schulich School of Business and an Honorary Governor of York University.

He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2000.