Robert Asselin is a policy expert on innovation policy, productivity, and industrial competitiveness, with senior experience across government, business, and academia. He is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and contributes regularly to national discussions on Canada’s economic future.
He previously served as Senior Vice President, Policy at the Business Council of Canada, where he led work on economic and fiscal policy. In government, he was Policy and Budget Director to the Minister of Finance and a senior advisor to two Prime Ministers, roles that placed him at the center of federal decision-making on economic and fiscal matters.
In academia, Robert was Associate Director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He also serves on the Canadian Advisory Board of the U.S. Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of the world’s leading think tanks on innovation policy.
