Monetary Policy Committee - Membership

Membership

To date, 27 men and 4 women have served on the MPC. The current Committee comprises (by status):

  • Mervyn King (June 1997 – 30 June 2013, currently Governor)
  • Charles Bean (October 2000 – 30 June 2013, currently Deputy Governor)
  • Paul Tucker (June 2002 – 28 February 2014, currently Deputy Governor)
  • Spencer Dale (1 July 2008 – 31 May 2013, currently Executive Director for Monetary Analysis and Statistics)
  • Paul Fisher (1 March 2009 – 31 May 2014, currently Executive Director for Markets)
  • David Miles (1 June 2009 – 31 May 2015, external member)
  • Ian McCafferty (1 September 2012 – 31 August 2015, external member)
  • Martin Weale (1 August 2010 – 31 July 2013, external member)
  • Ben Broadbent (1 June 2011 – 31 May 2014, external member)

Other, former members of the Committee (by date of appointment) are:

  • Sir Edward George (June 1997 – June 2003)
  • Howard Davies (June – July 1997)
  • Willem Buiter (June 1997 – May 2000)
  • Charles Goodhart (June 1997 – May 2000)
  • Ian Plenderleith (June 1997 – May 2002)
  • David Clementi (September 1997 – August 2002)
  • DeAnne Julius (September 1997 – May 2001)
  • Sir Alan Budd (December 1997 – May 1999)
  • Sir John Vickers (June 1998 – September 2000)
  • Sushil Wadhwani (June 1999 – May 2002)
  • Christopher Allsopp (June 2000 – May 2003)
  • Stephen Nickell (June 2000 – 31 May 2006)
  • Kate Barker (June 2001 – 31 May 2010)
  • Marian Bell (June 2002 – June 2005)
  • Sir Andrew Large (September 2002 – January 2006)
  • Richard Lambert (June 2003 – March 2006)
  • Rachel Lomax (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2008)
  • David Walton (1 July 2005 – 21 June 2006)
  • Sir John Gieve (16 January 2006 – March 2009)
  • David Blanchflower (1 June 2006 – 31 May 2009)
  • Tim Besley (1 September 2006 – 31 August 2009)
  • Andrew Sentance (1 October 2006 – 31 May 2011)
  • Adam Posen (1 September 2009 – 31 August 2012)

The dates listed show when their current terms of appointment are due to, or did, end.

As of January 2008, Mervyn King, the Bank of England's current Governor, is the only MPC member to have taken part in every meeting since 1997. As of 2007, Kate Barker is the only external member to date to have been appointed for three terms, but she is stepping down after July 2010.

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