Victoria Saporta

Vicky Saporta is the Executive Director for Markets in the Bank of England. She uses the Bank’s balance sheet to implement monetary policy and maintain financial stability. Her area also faces market participants across all asset classes, and gathers and analyses information on market functioning relevant to monetary policy and financial stability.
 
Vicky has held positions in financial regulation, financial stability and monetary policy during a 29-year career at the Bank. She was at the heart of our regulatory reforms after the global financial crisis and led the work on the macroprudential framework. From 2016 to 2024, she was Executive Director for Prudential Policy, developing the future regulatory framework after the UK’s exit from the EU – as well as the delivery of substantial regulatory policy packages, including the UK’s implementation of Basel 3.
 
Vicky was chair of the executive committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors from 2015 to 2023 and a member of the Basel Committee from 2016 to 2024. She is chair of the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee and represents the Bank on the Markets Committee of the Bank of International Settlement. She is a member of the management board of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, professor in practice of the Durham University Business School and a member of the advisory committee of the Financial Markets Group of the London School of Economics (LSE).
 
Vicky has a PhD in economics, an MPhil in finance from the University of Cambridge, and a BSc in mathematical economics and econometrics from the LSE. She has published several articles in books, professional journals and Bank publications.

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