Kevin Lynch
 Kevin Lynch    (banker, civil servant) | |
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| Born | January 1951 Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Mount Allison University, University of Manchester, McMaster University |
| Member of | Atlantic Bridge (Germany), Ditchley/Governors |
Canadian Bilderberg civil servant and banker | |
Kevin G. Lynch is a Canadian banker and civil servant who was clerk of the Canadian Privy Council, secretary to the cabinet and head of the Public Service of Canada.[1][2] He attended the 2004 Bilderberg meeting.
Education
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Mount Allison University, a Master of Economics degree from the University of Manchester, and a PhD in economics from McMaster University in 1980.[3][4] He is married with two children.
Career
Lynch began his career with the Bank of Canada as an economist in 1976, before starting in the Department of Finance in 1981.
Lynch was Deputy Minister of Industry (1995-2000), and Deputy Minister of Finance (2000-2004).[5]
In 2004, he moved from Ottawa to Washington, DC, to become Executive Director for the Canadian, Irish and Caribbean constituency at the International Monetary Fund.
On March 6, 2006, he became the 20th Clerk of the Privy Council, and launched the Public Service Renewal, " a major revitalization of the nation's public service sector.[6] On May 7, 2009, he announced that he would step down on July 1. He was replaced by Secretary of the Treasury Board Wayne Wouters.[7]
On May 11, 2009, he was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada giving him the Pre-nominal title "The Honourable" and the Post-nominal letters "PC" for Life.
He is Chairman of SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal-based engineering company; Vice-Chair of the BMO Financial Group[8] and the Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo.[9]
In 2011, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as a senior public servant, notably as head of Canada’s public service, and as a business leader and volunteer".[10]
In September 2011, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the Canada West Foundation established the Canada-Asia Energy Futures Task Force with Kevin G. Lynch and Kathleen (Kathy) E. Sendall, C.M., FCAE, a former Governor and Board Chair of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), as co-chairs, and to investigate a long-term Canada-Asia energy relationship. One of their recommendations was the creation of a public energy transportation corridor.[11]
On July 1, 2013, Lynch became Chancellor of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[12]
On December 19, 2017, Lynch was named chairman of the board of directors of SNC-Lavalin.[13]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
References
- ↑ https://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/corporate-information/executive-bios/kevin-lynch
- ↑ https://uwaterloo.ca/alumni/profile-kevin-g-lynch
- ↑ https://www.weforum.org/people/kevin-lynch/
- ↑ https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/pco-bcp/website/07-08-14/www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp@Language=E&Page=clerk&Sub=Biography
- ↑ https://www.bmo.com/ci/images/bio_lynchJun2012en.pdf
- ↑ https://www.dal.ca/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/hon_degree_2015/kevin_lynch.html
- ↑ https://www.ctvnews.ca/wayne-wouters-succeeds-lynch-as-top-bureaucrat-1.396361
- ↑ http://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/corporate-information/executive-bios/kevin-lynch
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161924/https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/governance/board-governors/board-governors-may-1-2012-april-30-2013
- ↑ http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14390&lan=eng
- ↑ http://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/filefield/canada-asia_energy_futures_task_force_-_final_report_2.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070343/http://ukings.ca/news/dr-kevin-lynch-becomes-14th-chancellor-at-kings/
- ↑ http://www.snclavalin.com/en/media/press-releases/2017/kevin-lynch-named-snc-lavalin-chairman-lawrence-stevenson-confirms-retirement.aspx
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