Mr. Jock Finlayson

Executive Vice President
Business Council of British Columbia

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President at the Business Council of British Columbia, an association representing 250 large and mid-size B.C. companies that together account for approximately one-quarter of all jobs in the province. In this capacity he directs the Council’s work on economic, fiscal, tax, environmental and regulatory issues of interest to the province’s business community. Mr. Finlayson previously served as Vice President of Research at Canadian Council of Chief Executives, a leading national business association in Ottawa. Prior to that he worked in market research, management consulting, and as a college instructor.

Mr. Finlayson holds a master’s degree in business from Yale University, undergraduate and M.A. degrees from UBC, and a post-graduate diploma from the University of London. He is the author or co-author of two books and more than 35 published articles and book chapters, most dealing with topics in the areas of international trade and Canadian public policy. A frequent commentator on economic, business, and public affairs issues, he writes regularly for the Vancouver Sun, The Financial Post, and a number of other newspapers.

Mr. Finlayson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada. He also serves on the Boards of the Canada West Foundation and the B.C. Innovation Council. He is a member of the Economic Forecast Council to the B.C. Ministry of Finance, and past president of both the Association of Professional Economists of B.C. and the Ottawa Economics Association.