Carolyn Wilkins

External Member, Bank of England

CAROLYN WILKINS is a visiting senior research scholar in the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies at Princeton University and an external member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England. Wilkins co-leads the Bretton Woods Committee Digital Finance Project Team and serves on the board of directors at Intact Financial Corporation, a globally active property and casualty insurance company. Previously, Wilkins worked for twenty years at the Bank of Canada, and served as senior deputy governor from 2014 to 2020. Her role included setting monetary and financial system policies with the Governing Council, and overseeing strategic planning and economic research. She contributed to international financial policies over her career, including as the Bank of Canada’s G20 and G7 deputy and member of the Financial Stability Board. Wilkins earned her MA from the University of Western Ontario and her BA from Wilfrid Laurier University and, both in economics. She received an Honorary Doctorate from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2022.