Tim Sargent

Tim is a policy advisor to ITIF's Canada Centre for Innovation and Competitiveness. He is Deputy Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, an Ottawa-based research centre that focuses on productivity, living standards and overall well-being. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a Waterloo-based think tank that addresses significant global issues at the intersection of technology and international governance.

Previously Tim spent 28 years in the Canadian federal government, where he held Deputy Minister and Associate Deputy Minister positions at Fisheries and Oceans, International Trade, Finance, and Agriculture and AgriFood, as well as senior positions at the Privy Council Office.

Tim has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. in Economics from Western University and a B.A. (Econ) from the University of Manchester. Tim grew up in the UK, and lives in Ottawa, Canada.