Annette Ryan

Annette Ryan

Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer, Research and Programs, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

Annette Ryan is the Deputy Director of the Enterprise Policy, Research and Programs sector of FINTRAC and the Chief Financial Officer. In this role, she is responsible for advancing the current and forward agenda of the Centre through strategic cohesion and leadership across policy, research and corporate enabler functions.

Previously as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Financial Sector Policy Branch, at Finance Canada, she led policy development on federal financial sector policy issues including financial innovation, cross-border trade in financial services, cyber security and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing. Annette has served as Chief Economist at Industry Canada. In her previous experience with federal and provincial central agencies, she led policy analysis on varied economic and social policy issues — including fiscal federalism, labour markets, government expenditure and taxation.

Before joining the public service, Annette conducted research on innovation and corporate performance at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, U.K. She holds a Masters degree in Economics from Oxford University, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from Acadia University.