Gertjan Vlieghe

Gertjan Vlieghe
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee
In office
September 2015 – August 2021
GovernorAndrew Bailey (2020–present)
Personal details
BornMay 1971 (age 53)
Belgium
ProfessionEconomist

Gertjan Willem Vlieghe (born May 1971) is a British-Belgian economist.

Early life

Gertjan Willem Vlieghe was born in Belgium in May 1971,[1] and received a PhD from the London School of Economics.[2]

Career

Vlieghe was an economic assistant to 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]

In 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]

Vlieghe was hired as an economic advisor to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in 2022.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Brevan Howard". Companies House. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Allen, Katie (28 July 2015). "Bank of England: Gertjan Vlieghe named as new MPC member". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Gertjan Vlieghe to join Bank of England's MPC, The Financial Times, 28 July 2015
  4. ^ "Who are the economic experts appointed to Jeremy Hunt's new advisory panel?". the Guardian. 17 October 2022.