Stephen Shawn Poloz OC (born 1955) is a Canadian banker who served as the ninth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2013 to 2020.

He is also a graduate of Columbia University's senior executive program and is a Certified International Trade Professional.

[6] Stephen Poloz received his bachelor's degree in 1978 from the Queen's University at Kingston, Canada.

[citation needed] In 2017, Trent University Durham GTA awarded Poloz an honorary PhD degree.

[8] He has been a visiting scholar with the "Economic Planning Agency" in Tokyo and at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC.

[5] Poloz attended the 62nd Bilderberg Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014, where one of the subjects discussed was the situation in Ukraine.