Ben Broadbent
Benjamin Robert Hamond Broadbent (born 1 February 1965)[1] is a British economist and has been Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England since 1 July 2014.[2] 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.[3]
Broadbent was reappointed, for a second term, Deputy Governor for the Bank of England on 31 May 2019.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
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