Ben Broadbent

Term of appointment: 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2024

On 29 February 2024, Clare Lombardelli was announced as the new Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, effective from 1 July 2024. Dr Ben Broadbent completed his term on 30 June 2024. Ben had specific responsibility for our monetary policy, including monetary analysis, banknotes, and data & analytics transformation. He also had shared responsibility for our international macroeconomic analysis, strategy and engagement.

Ben was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and Prudential Regulation Committee. Previously, he was an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (June 2011 to June 2014). 

Previously Ben was Senior European Economist at Goldman Sachs (2000-2011), during which time he researched and wrote widely on the UK economy and monetary policy. Before that, he was formerly an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University (1997- 2000) and an Economic Adviser at HM Treasury (1989-1991 and 1993-1996).

He has a BA in Economics from Cambridge University and a PhD in Economics at Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

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