Benjamin R Broadbent is a British economist

Economist

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, currently chief European economist at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

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. In June 2011, he replaced the departing Andrew Sentance

Andrew Sentance

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 on the Bank of England

Bank of England

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 Monetary Policy Committee

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After gaining a first-class honours degree from University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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, he studied at for a Ph.D at Harvard University

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, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

After working for HM Treasury

HM Treasury

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, he worked for the Bank of England, and then became an Assistant Professor at Columbia University

Columbia University

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. Joining Goldman Sachs in 2000 as Senior European Economist, he became Managing Director in 2006.