Frances Donald is a Canadian-born economist and the Chief Economist of

Manulife Financial Manulife Financial Corporation (also known as Financière Manuvie in Quebec) is a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company operates in Canada and Asia as "Manulife" an ...

, Educated at

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

she is a sought-after commentator on global economic conditions. In 2019 she was recognized as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100.

Early life and education

Donald was born in Montreal and attended school at the CEGEP John Abbot College. She obtained her Bachelor of Economics from

in 2008. Donald worked as a research analyst for the

Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada (BoC; french: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surveys: Ca ...

before attending New York University where she earned her master's degree in economics in 2010. Prior to joining Manulife, Donald worked as a financial economist for

Scotiabank The Bank of Nova Scotia (french: link=no, Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (french: link=no, Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada ...

in Toronto, and before that as a global macro analyst fo
Pavilion Global Markets
in Montreal. Her early experience included various positions at

Deloitte Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of profession ...

and

Roubini Global Economics Roubini Global Economics (RGE), was a small economic consultancy for financial analysis.Daniel Altman (October 8, 2012)"Nouriel Roubini; He may not be perfect, but there's never been a better time to be in the prophet of doom business,"''Foreig ...

Manulife

She joined Manulife in 2016 as a senior economist working to become Head of Macro-Economic Strategy in 2018. In 2019, at age 33 she became the youngest Chief Economist in Canada and one of only two women to hold the title in Canada.

References

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