Avery Shenfeld

Avery Shenfeld is Managing Director and Chief Economist of CIBC Capital Markets. He has been with CIBC since 1993 and is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading economists for his perceptive analysis and insight on economic developments and their implications for financial markets.

Mr. Shenfeld has won multiple awards for forecast accuracy from Dow Jones MarketWatch and Bloomberg markets for his calls on the U.S. and Canadian economies. He has been consistently ranked by institutional investors as one of the top Canadian economists.

His prior background includes experience in management consulting. He was on the economics faculty at the University of Toronto and in the summer program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has addressed numerous business groups and has been quoted in the media in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.

Mr. Shenfeld holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.