William White is the former chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee at the OECD. He was a member of the Issing Committee, advising the German chancellor on G-20 issues. Before that, he was Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for international Settlements (BIS) (1995 to 2002). In 1969, his career started at the Bank of England. He joined the Bank of Canada in 1972 where he was made Chief of the Research Department, Adviser to the Governor and finally in 1988 Deputy Governor. He predicted the financial crisis of 2007 to 2010 before the 2007's subprime meltdown hit.