David Williams

David Williams is Vice President of Policy. He leads the development of research and advice to government on economic policy, productivity, investment, innovation, taxation and human capital.

David joined the Business Council in 2018 following six years as a Senior Economist at the Bank of Canada. Prior to immigrating to Canada, David spent nine years in increasingly senior roles in the Australian public service. He was the Senior Adviser for Economic Policy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet before taking leave to pursue postgraduate studies. While at Oxford University, David was a lecturer in economics and a PhD research intern at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C.

He is President of the Association of Professional Economists of British Columbia, an organization representing around one hundred of B.C.’s top economists, and a member of the adjudication committee for the Canadian Economic Association’s Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics.

David holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy in economics from Oxford University.