Gertjan Willem Vlieghe (born May 1971) is a British-Belgian economist.
Gertjan Vlieghe
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| Member of the Monetary Policy Committee | |
| In office September 2015 – August 2021 | |
| Governor | Andrew Bailey (2020–present) |
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| Born | May 1971 (age 53) Belgium |
| Profession | Economist |
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Gertjan Willem Vlieghe was born in Belgium in May 1971,[1] and received a PhD from the London School of Economics.[2]
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]