The Blavatnik School is delighted to announce that a distinguished member of its International Advisory Board has been appointed Governor of the Bank of England. Mark Carney has served as the Governor of the Bank of Canada since his appointment in 2007, and is the current Chairman of the G20’s Financial Stability Board. He has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He will assume his new position on 1 July 2013 for a five-year term.
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MPP and MSc alumnus Carlos Santiago Guzmán wins the inaugural Michael Cichon Graduate Award
Carlos Santiago Guzmán Gutiérrez, an alumnus of the Master of Public Policy and the MSc in Public Policy Research, has received the inaugural Michael Cichon Graduate Award for outstanding master’s thesis in Social Protection. The award recognises his MSc thesis, “Universal Social Protection Schemes in Forced Displacement Settings: Evidence from Colombia.”