Varun Srivatsan is Director of Policy at RBC’s Economics and Thought Leadership group. He brings experience across the public and private sectors. He previously led the development of the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program in the federal government. He has served in roles in consulting on Indigenous economic development issues, and as an economist in the Parliament of Canada, where worked on fiscal, financial and economic policy. Varun holds degrees in economics and public policy from the University of British Columbia and the London School of Economics and Political Science.