Sir Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe, CB (born 2 June 1953) is a senior British civil servant, who served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability.
Sir Jon Cunliffe | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability | |
| In office November 2013 – October 2023 | |
| Governor | Andrew Bailey |
| Preceded by | Paul Tucker |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Breeden |
| British Permanent Representative to the EU | |
| In office January 2012 – November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Kim Darroch |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ivan Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1953 |
| Alma mater | Manchester University |
| Occupation | Diplomat, banker |
Biography
editCunliffe studied at Manchester University. He lectured at the University of Western Ontario, before joining the UK Department of the Environment and Transport in 1980.[1][2]
He was appointed Deputy Director for International Finance at HM Treasury in 1998, then promoted to Director of International Finance, and then managing director of Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance. In 2001 he became managing director of Finance, Regulation and Industry for a year, before reverting to managing director of Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance. In 2005 Cunliffe's position was promoted to that of Second Permanent Secretary, remaining managing director of Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance, later focussed to managing director of International and Finance.[3]
In 2007 following Gordon Brown's appointment as Prime Minister, Cunliffe was appointed Head of the European and Global Issues Secretariat. This role included being the Prime Minister's Advisor on International Economic Affairs and on the EU in the Prime Minister's Office.[1][4] In September 2007 The UK Government launched the “Economic aspects of peace in the Middle East” report, co-authored by Cunliff and Ed Balls.[5]
On 24 June 2011, Number 10 announced that Cunliffe would replace Kim Darroch as British Permanent Representative to the EU in January 2012.[6] He was replaced in the role by Ivan Rogers.
Cunliffe currently serves as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability. He took up the role in November 2013 and is an ex officio member of the Bank's Financial and Monetary Policy Committees and its Court of Directors.[7] He replaced Paul Tucker when the latter was passed over for promotion to Governor in favour of Mark Carney, and chose instead when the announcement was made in June 2013 to lecture at Harvard.[8]
In September 2020, Cunliffe was appointed to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation by the then Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.[9]
Cunliffe oversaw "Project Bookend", the Bank of England's project to examine the possible economic effects of the UK leaving the EU following the upcoming 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.[10] This was alleged to have been inadvertently revealed after a senior official emailed details about the project to an editor at The Guardian newspaper.[10]
Views
editCunliffe suggested in a March 2014 speech at Chatham House that the domestic banks were too big to fail (TBTF), and instead of the nationalisation process used in the case of HBOS, RBS and threatened for Barclays (all in late 2008), could henceforth be bailed-in.[8]
Personal life
editCunliffe, who is Anglo-Jewish,[11] married his wife at the New London Synagogue in St John’s Wood, north-west London.[12] He has two daughters, one of whom, Rachel, works as an online editor at the New Statesman.[13] [1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ("CB") in the New Year Honours 2001,[14] and made a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2010.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c Who's Who 2010: CUNLIFFE, Jonathan Stephen. A & C Black, Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-957215-1. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Sir Jon Cunliffe: Biography". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ OECD Council 2007 Ministerial meeting. "Jon Cunliffe biography". Retrieved 14 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ The Daily Telegraph (7 June 2007). "Brown brings civil servants back to the heart". Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "UK Government launches "Economic aspects of peace in the Middle East" report". www.un.org. 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Senior Diplomatic Appointments". Number 10. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "New Bank of England deputy governor". BBC News. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b telegraph.co.uk: "BoE has 'no confidence' a failing big bank could be saved" (Wilson) 17 Mar 2014
- ^ "Communities Secretary announces new members of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation".
- ^ a b "Email mistake reveals Bank of England's EU exit project". BBC News. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "ON BUSINESS ALEX BRUMMER Carney leads the way on banking changes". Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Bank of England deputy ready for challenge - The Jewish Chronicle". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
- ^ "@RMCunliffe" on Twitter
- ^ "No. 56070". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 1.