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Paul Fisher
Deputy head of the PRA and Executive director for insurance supervision
Paul Fisher joined the Bank in 1990, having previously worked at the University of Warwick between 1980 and 1990 where he specialised in research on macroeconomic models. He has been part of the Bank's senior staff since 1995, positions including; Executive Director, Markets and member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Member of the Interim Financial Policy Committee, Head of Foreign Exchange Division, Private Secretary to the late Governor, Sir Edward George and Head of the Conjunctural Assessment and Projections Division. Mr Fisher has written extensively on the Bank’s operations, monetary policy, financial markets, exchange rates and modelling of the UK economy. He is also chairman of the ifs University College at a visiting professor at Richmond, the American International University in London.
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