Warren Jestin

Warren Jestin
Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist
Scotiabank

Dr. Jestin is Scotiabank’s Chief Economist and has been with the Bank since 1979. Before joining Scotiabank, Warren worked in the Bank of Canada’s Research Department and taught economics at several Canadian universities. He is on the Board of The University of Guelph Heritage Fund and is chair of that University’s College of Management and Economics Advisory Committee. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. Warren earned an MA in Economics at the University of Guelph in 1971 and was awarded his doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1977.

Warren is a member of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council and has been involved with economic policy committees of the Canadian and Ontario Chambers of Commerce and the Toronto Board of Trade. He is also on the Board of the Markham-Stouffville Hospital. In his role as Chair of Scotiabank’s Sponsorship and Donations Committee, Warren works closely with a wide variety of Canadian charitable institutions.