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Yves Giroux was appointed by the Governor in Council to serve as Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), effective September 4, 2018. Mr. Giroux entered the federal public service in 1995. Over the course of his career, he assumed progressively senior level positions and increased responsibilities, joining the executive ranks in 2003. Mr. Giroux has in-depth tax, fiscal and financial, and social policy knowledge and expertise, and considerable experience with stakeholder relations, and the management of large teams and multi-million dollar budgets. For more than 20 years, he has been closely involved in the federal Budget process in various capacities and is highly regarded as an expert on federal budget making and the Government’s expenditure system. Throughout his career, Mr. Giroux served in many executive level positions, especially with the Canada Revenue Agency, at the Privy Council Office and the Department of Finance Canada. Mr. Giroux is a graduate of the Université de Montréal, where he earned a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree, both in Economics. He is married and has two adult children.