Ben is a senior economist covering the United Kingdom and continental Europe. He joined the firm in 2000 and was named managing director in 2006.

He has worked extensively on issues affecting the European economies, including EMU, corporate investment and profitability, consumer behavior and the financing of the government deficit. He has been an expert witness for the UK Parliament's Treasury Select Committee.

Previously, Ben was an assistant professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York, where his research was concerned with questions in monetary economics and economic growth. He has also worked at H.M.Treasury and the Bank of England.

Ben has a PhD from Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and a first-class honours degree from Cambridge University.

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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.