Simon Hope Broadbent
Simon Hope Broadbent (born 4 June 1942) is a retired British civil servant who was formerly Chief Economic Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Education[edit]
Broadbent was educated at University College School.[1] He then studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hatfield College, Durham, followed by the BPhil in Philosophy at Oxford, where he was a member of Magdalen College.[1] From 1964-1965 he was Captain of Boats at Hatfield College.[2]
Career[edit]
After leaving university Broadbent joined the Overseas Civil Service in 1964, and served as an Economist in Malawi.[1] He later moved to the Foreign Office Economics team and was posted to Washington as First Secretary in 1974 - part of a delegation from HM Treasury.[1] A secondment to the Bank of England followed in 1977, after which he became Head of Advisers (later Chief Economic Adviser) at the Foreign Office, serving in this role from 1984-1993.[1] During this time Broadbent was an advocate of the UK joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) and was part of a team that produced a paper for Geoffrey Howe in 1985 setting out the arguments for ERM entry.[3] Broadbent then became a Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.[4]
He has been critical of US attitudes towards climate change, singling out the failure of the Bush administration to ratify the Kyoto protocol.[5] He is a Trustee of the Anglo-German Foundation.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Broadbent, Simon Hope, (born 4 June 1942)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport at Hatfield College, Durham University. Hatfield Trust. p. 78. Search this book on
- ↑ Dyson, Kenneth (1999). The Road to Maastricht : Negotiating Economic and Monetary Union. Oxford University Press. p. 592. Search this book on
- ↑ Barnes, Ken (2007). A Rough Passage, Volume 1: Memories of Empire. The Radcliffe Press. p. 277. Search this book on
- ↑ Broadbent, Simon (25 August 2002). "In my view: Down to earth from a lofty summit". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "Trustees - Simon Broadbent". Anglo-German Foundation. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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