Gertjan Vlieghe
| Gertjan Vlieghe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Monetary Policy Committee | |
|
Assumed office September 2015 | |
| Governor | Mark Carney (2013-present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1971 (age 44) |
| Profession | Economist |
Gertjan Willem Vlieghe (born May 1971) is a British-Belgian economist.
Early life
Gertjan Willem Vlieghe was born in May 1971,[1] and received a PhD from the London School of Economics.[2]
Career
Vlieghe was an economic assistant to Lord Mervyn King at the Bank of England.[2] He then worked as a bond strategist and director at the Deutsche Bank.[2][3] Later, he worked as a senior economist at Brevan Howard, a hedge fund based in London.[2][3]
On 28 July 2015, it was announced that he would replace David Miles in September 2015 as an “external member”, bringing in expertise from outside the Bank, in the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Brevan Howard". Companies House. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Allen, Katie (28 July 2015). "Bank of England: Gertjan Vlieghe named as new MPC member". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 Gertjan Vlieghe to join Bank of England's MPC, The Financial Times, July 28, 2015
| The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Governor: Mark Carney (July 2013 – present) | ||
| September 2015 – present: | Carney | Broadbent | Cunliffe | Haldane | Shafik | McCafferty | Weale | Forbes | Vlieghe | |
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