We are delighted to welcome John Nugée, of Laburnum Consulting.
John is an independent commentator on financial, economic and political issues, with an extensive background in the official sector. He recently retired from the position of lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham in their politics faculty, and he writes regularly for the financial press.
The major part of his career was spent at the Bank of England where his last post was as Chief Manager of the Reserves. He also worked at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, where he was Executive Director in charge of Reserves Management, and acted as a UK director at the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund and a technical expert on markets at the European Commission.
From 2000 to 2013 he worked at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the asset management division of State Street Corporation, latterly as Senior Managing Director. He founded and ran SSgA’s Official Institutions Group, responsible for overseeing the firm’s interaction with its official sector clients.