Patrick Perrier joined Scotiabank in November 2022 as Director of Forecasting. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Patrick held various positions at the Bank of Canada, Quebec’s Department of Finance, Finance Canada, and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. During his career, he has worked extensively on macroeconomic research, modelling and forecasting. He also worked on assessing economic impacts from changes in macroeconomic and climate change policies. Patrick holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from Université de Montréal.