Mackness (born 28 April 1938) is a retired business economist and academic administrator. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the Université de Montréal, and a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.[https://web.archive.org/web/20051104142742/http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/222.html He served as senior vice-president and chief economist for the Bank of Nova Scotia ("Globe and Mail", 6 May 1983), was a senior advisor to the federal Department of Finance, and was a Canadian representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).