Willem Buiter Keynote Speaker

Willem Buiter is an independent economic adviser. From 2019-2022, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York

From 2010 till 2018, he was Global Chief Economist at Citigroup, he then became a Special Economic Adviser from 2018 – 2019.  Willem was a founding external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England from 1997 till 2000, Chief Economist and Special Counselor to the President at the EBRD from 2000 till 2005 and an Adviser to Goldman Sachs from 2005 till 2009.

He has been an adviser to the IMF, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission, central banks, finance ministries and corporations across the world.  He is a member of the Advisory Scientific Committee of the European System Risk Board (ESRB).  He also served as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

He has a BA from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. He has held full-time professorial appointments at Princeton University, the University of Bristol, the LSE, Yale University and Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.  He was awarded a CBE for “services to economics’ in 2000.  In 2012 he received a Honorary Doctorate from the University of Amsterdam.

He has published seven books on economics, the most recent book is ‘Central Banks as Fiscal Players‘, published in late 2020. He has written several hundred articles on monetary economics, open economy macroeconomics, international finance and public finance.  Between 2007 and 2009 he wrote the very popular  ‘Maverecon’ blog for the Financial Times.  He is a frequent commentator on global economic developments and a keynote speaker who is known for his vast knowledge, deep insights on the economy and his quick wit.