Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik is leaving the Bank of England at the start of 2017. She has been with the bank since 2014 and will also leave the Monetary Policy Committee and Financial Policy Committee when she departs for a new job at the London School of Economics. Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, said: “She helped drive vital reforms on the domestic and international stages. This has been alongside the invaluable insight she brings to all three main policy committees of the bank and the inspirational leadership she gives to her colleagues”.

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