Lynch began his career with the Bank of Canada as an economist in 1976. In 1981,he joined the Department of Finance and rose quickly through the ranks,becoming a Director in 1983 and an Assistant Deputy Minister in 1988.[citation needed] In 1992 he became Associate Deputy Minister at Industry and Deputy Minister of that department in 1995. In 2000,he returned to Finance,this time as Deputy Minister.[citation needed]
In 2004,he moved from Ottawa to Washington,DC,to serve as Executive Director for the Canadian,Irish and Caribbean constituency at the International Monetary Fund.
On March 6,2006,he became the 20th Clerk of the Privy Council. On May 7,2009,he announced that he would step down on July 1. He was replaced by Secretary of the Treasury BoardWayne Wouters.[1]
He is Chairman of SNC-Lavalin,the Montreal-based engineering company;Vice-Chair of the BMO Financial Group[2] and the Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo.[3]
In 2011,he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as a senior public servant,notably as head of Canada’s public service,and as a business leader and volunteer".[4]
In September 2011,the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the Canada West Foundation established the Canada-Asia Energy Futures Task Force with Kevin G. Lynch and Kathleen (Kathy) E. Sendall,C.M.,FCAE,a former Governor and Board Chair of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP),as co-chairs,and to investigate a long-term Canada-Asia energy relationship. One of their recommendations was the creation of a public energy transportation corridor.[5]
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