| Gertjan Vlieghe | |
| Office2: | Member of the Monetary Policy Committee |
| Term Start2: | September 2015 |
| Term End2: | August 2021 |
| Governor2: | Andrew Bailey (2020–present) |
| Birth Place: | Belgium |
| Profession: | Economist |
Gertjan Willem Vlieghe (born May 1971) is a British-Belgian economist.
Gertjan Willem Vlieghe was born in Belgium in May 1971,[1] and received a PhD from the London School of Economics.[2]
Vlieghe was an economic assistant to Mervyn King at the Bank of England.[2] He then worked as a bond strategist and director at the Deutsche Bank.[2] [3] Later, he worked as a senior economist at Brevan Howard, a hedge fund based in London.[2] [3]
In July 2015, it was announced that he would replace David Miles in September 2015 as an "external member", bringing in expertise from outside the Bank, in the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England.[2] [3]
Vlieghe was hired as an economic advisor to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in 2022.[4]