Mervyn King (economist)

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Mervyn Allister King (born March 30, 1948) is Governor of the Bank of England. He took over on June 30, 2003 from Sir Edward George.

King studied at Wolverhampton Grammar School, King's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge (where he gained an MA), and Harvard; he then taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham. He has also been Visiting Professor to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From October 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.

King joined the Bank in March 1991 as Chief Economist and Executive Director, having been a non-executive director from 1990 to 1991. He was appointed Deputy Governor in 1997, taking up his post June 1, 1998.

King is a fan of Aston Villa F.C., and arranged a game between Bank of England employees and ex-Villa players [1]. He also briefly found himself commentating on an Ashes test match for BBC radio Five Live in 2005, whilst being interviewed by Simon Mayo.

Cambridge University awarded him an honorary Doctorate in Law in 2006.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Governor: Sir Edward George (June 1997–June 2003)
June 1997-July 1997:	George | Davies | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith
August 1997:	George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith
September 1997-November 1997:	George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius
December 1997-May 1998:	George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Budd
June 1998-May 1999:	George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Budd | Vickers
June 1999-May 2000:	George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Vickers | Wadhwani
June 2000-September 2000:	George | King | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Vickers | Wadhwani | Allsopp | Nickell
October 2000-May 2001:	George | King | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Wadhwani | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean
June 2001-May 2002:	George | King | Plenderleith | Clementi | Wadhwani | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean | Barker
June 2002:	George | King | Clementi | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker
July 2002-August 2002:	George | King | Clementi | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell
September 2002:	George | King | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell
October 2002-May 2003:	George | King | Allsopp | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large
June 2003:	George | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert
Governor: Mervyn King (June 2003–present)
July 2003-June 2005:	King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert | Lomax
July 2005-January 2006:	King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Large | Lambert | Lomax | Walton
February 2006-March 2006:	King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lambert | Lomax | Walton | Gieve
April 2006-May 2006:	King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lomax | Walton | Gieve
June 2006:	King | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lomax | Walton | Gieve | Blanchflower
July-August 2006:	King | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lomax | Gieve | Blanchflower