Gertjan Willem Vlieghe (born May 1971) is a British-Belgian economist.
Early life
Gertjan Willem Vlieghe was born in Belgium in May 1971,
and received a PhD from the
London School of Economics
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.
Career
Vlieghe was an economic assistant to
Mervyn King at the
Bank of England.
[ He then worked as a ]bond
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strategist and director at the Deutsche Bank
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''The Financial Times'', 28 July 2015 Later, he worked as a senior economist at Brevan Howard
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, a hedge fund based in London.
In July 2015, it was announced that he would replace David Miles
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in September 2015 as an "external member", bringing in expertise from outside the Bank, in the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may refer to:
* Monetary Policy Committee (India)
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(MPC) of the Bank of England.
Vlieghe was hired as an economic advisor to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
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in 2022.
References
External links
Bank of England biography Dr Gertjan Vlieghe
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1971 births
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Belgian economists
British economists
Living people
Belgian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Bankers from London