TD Bank has appointed Lord Gus O’Donnell as strategic advisor to Ed Clark, president and CEO of the company.

O’Donnell will provide advice and counsel on a range of economic, government, regulatory and strategic matters, and will travel between Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

For the past seven years, O’Donnell was cabinet secretary and head of the U.K. Civil Service. His previous posts include permanent secretary at the Treasury, executive director to the International Monetary Fund for the U.K. and the World Bank, and press secretary to the Prime Minister.