Bank of England
King joined the Bank in March 1991 as chief economist and executive director, after being a non-executive director from 1990 to 1991. He was appointed Deputy Governor in 1997, taking up his post on 1 June 1998. In the same year, King became a member of the Group of Thirty.
An ex-officio member of the bank's interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee since its inception in 1997, King has taken part in its monthly meetings. He is the first incumbent Governor of the Bank of England to be received in audience by Queen Elizabeth II.
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