Sushil Baldev Wadhwani (born 7 December 1959) is a British economist who was a member of the

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from June 1999 to May 2002. Wadhwani was educated at

Mayo College Mayo College (informally Mayo) is a boys-only independent boarding school in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 1875 by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, who was the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. This makes it one of the oldest Pub ...

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, in India and at Stanmore Sixth Form College in the UK. He then studied economics at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

(LSE), where he received BSc, MSc and PhD degrees. While studying for his doctorate he was appointed to a lectureship at the LSE, and remained there for a further eight years until leaving to join

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as its Director of Equity Strategy. Wadhwani is also the founder and

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PGIM Wadhwani (formerly Wadhwani Asset Management)
He was hired as an economic advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,

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, in 2022.

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1959 births Living people British people of Sindhi descent Goldman Sachs people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British hedge fund managers British businesspeople of Indian descent Monetary Policy Committee members {{UK-business-bio-stub