Ben Broadbent

Who is Ben Broadbent?

Benjamin R Broadbent is a British economist, currently chief European economist at Goldman Sachs. In June 2011, he replaced the departing Andrew Sentance on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee.

After gaining a first-class honours degree from University of Cambridge, he studied at for a Ph.D at Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

After working for HM Treasury, he worked for the Bank of England, and then became an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. Joining Goldman Sachs in 2000 as Senior European Economist, he became Managing Director in 2006.