Ben Broadbent
Ben Broadbent | |
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Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Monetary Policy | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2024 | |
Governor | Mark Carney Andrew Bailey |
Preceded by | Charlie Bean |
Succeeded by | Clare Lombardelli |
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee | |
In office 1 June 2011 [1] – 30 June 2024 | |
Governor | Mervyn King Mark Carney Andrew Bailey |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 February 1965 |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harvard University |
Profession | Economist, central & investment banker |
Benjamin Robert Hamond Broadbent (born 1 February 1965)[2] is a British economist and has been Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England since 1 July 2014.[3] He had previously been an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee between June 2011 and June 2014.
Early life
[edit]He attended St Paul's School, London from 1977 to 1982, gained a first-class honours degree in economics from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1988, and then studied for a Ph.D. at Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
Career
[edit]After working for HM Treasury, he worked for the Bank of England, before becoming an assistant professor at Columbia University. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 as Senior European Economist, a position he held until 2011. In June 2011, he replaced the departing Andrew Sentance on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee.[4]
Broadbent was reappointed, for a second term, Deputy Governor for the Bank of England on 31 May 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ "HM Treasury Press Release". HM Treasury. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ BROADBENT, Benjamin Robert Hamond, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ "News Release - Three senior appointments to the Bank of England". Bank of England. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Chancellor appoints Ben Broadbent as external member of the Monetary Policy Committee". HM Treasury. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.