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Paul Tucker

Chair, Systemic Risk Council
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Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Languages: English
Travels from: United States

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  • Author of 'Unelected Power'
  • Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Senior Fellow, Harvard University

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Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and former Bank of England deputy governor, Sir Paul Tucker is one of the most respected central bankers and financial policy makers of our time. He joined the Bank in 1980 and played a major role during his tenure in many of the most significant developments in the international financial system. Mr. Tucker was a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee, Prudential Regulation Authority Board, and Court of Directors. He was knighted for his reforms, which created a more resilient international banking system.

Sir Paul is noted for his analysis and understanding of the capital markets, developing a new rigor and set of relationships for the BOE, which informed his voting positions on quantitative easing and forward guidance as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Sir Paul was analyzing the data and driving economic policy at one of the world’s most influential and internationally oriented central banks only a few short months ago, and he has much to share about the implications of monetary policy for the global economy, international financial markets, and risks to monetary and financial stability.

As a former leading member of the G20 Financial Stability Board, he has keen insight into international policymaking and into how large and complex international banks and markets should be properly supervised given the myriad of global regulations. He believes the new regulatory regime will influence monetary policy as well as shaping banks’ strategies, and that policy to cure the problem of “too big to fail” should focus less on breaking up banks and more on ‘resolution regimes’ that put losses on to equity investors and bond holders, not taxpayers.

Sir Paul was instrumental in establishing how an independent Bank of England sets monetary policy free from political decisions, illustrating how central bankers were responsible for some of the most effective policy initiatives during the last decade. Reflecting his agency in public policy via the Bank of England, globally and in Europe, Tucker is now a research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Public Policy. Sir Paul also serves as a Director at Swiss Re, a leading global re-insurer, and was recently elected to the board of the Financial Services Volunteers Corps (FSVC).

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One of the most respected central bankers and financial policy makers of our time, Sir Paul Tucker dives into the top issues facing the global economy, from the geopolitical factors affecting international trade, to how central banks will manage their balance sheets.  Drawing on a tremendous wealth of experience from his years at the Bank of England and in domestic and international policymaking, Tucker sheds light on the major forces shaping the economy, providing both a near- and long-term forecast that leaves individuals and organizations better equipped amid an uncertain political and economic climate.

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Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Paul Tucker reveals the factors jeopardizing the financial system’s stability and how central banks will or will not react. With tremendous candor and insight, Tucker takes audiences behind the research from his book Unelected Power, discussing the extraordinary role central banks have taken on in the wake of the financial crisis and amid geopolitical change, what constraints on that power are necessary, and what the future can and should look like.

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Former Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, Sir Paul Tucker has been sought-out to shed light on the implications for the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the global economy at large, to audiences around the world, including the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Hoover Institution, and Harvard University. Substantive, forward-looking, and concise, in the crucial and timely talk, Tucker reveals Brexit’s future direction and what it will mean for businesses and organizations across industries.

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Testimonials

He did a great job ... many people have commented to me about how useful they found his talk on Tuesday. He covered a very broad subject matter but did it in a very candid and entertaining fashion.

PIMCO

Paul was wonderful – such a knowledgeable speaker and his content – the realities of Brexit, European elections and US interest rates - was particularly relevant and interesting for what was a largely US-focused audience. The feedback from participants on his session was overwhelmingly positive. We were really happy with the feedback and with Paul’s flexibility and insight.

Angelo

Gordon & Co.

Paul was impressive. His insights on stage and more particularly, during the lunch with our Chairman and the Governor of the Central Bank, were well received.

National Bank Of Abu Dhabi

I would like to thank you for participating in our recent European Conference, which has been judged a great success. Your panel definitely contributed to that success as it was one of the most well attended with 254 people in the room.

UBS Investment Bank

The conference and dinner went very well, Paul was very well received by our hosts and clients.

A Global Bank

He probably understands more about central banking than anyone else. He knows about every aspect of that arcane art and now he will be free to tell the rest of the world what happens behind those high walls.

Mervyn King

Former Governor,

Bank of England

There are many central bankers who know a lot about monetary policy and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium, there are few with Paul's breadth of knowledge of philosophy, literature, culture, history and so much else.

Lawrence H. Summers

former US Treasury Secretary,

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Paul Tucker book

Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle Can the international economic and legal system survive today’s fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that is entangling much of public policy with global security issues. In Global Discord, Paul Tucker lays out principles for a sustainable system of international cooperation, showing how democracies can deal with China and other illiberal states without sacrificing their deepest political values. Drawing on three decades as a central banker and regulator, Tucker applies these principles to the international monetary order, including the role of the U.S. dollar, trade and investment regimes, and the financial system. Combining history, economics, and political and legal philosophy, Tucker offers a new account of international relations. Rejecting intellectual traditions that go back to Hobbes, Kant, and Grotius, and deploying instead ideas from David Hume, Bernard Williams, and modern mechanism-design economists, Tucker describes a new kind of political realism that emphasizes power and interests without sidelining morality. Incentives must be aligned with values if institutions are to endure. The connecting tissue for a system of international cooperation, he writes, should be legitimacy, creating a world of concentric circles in which we cooperate more with those with whom we share the most and whom we fear the least.

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Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle Can the international economic and legal system survive today’s fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that is entangling much of public policy with global security issues. In Global Discord, Paul Tucker lays out principles for a sustainable system of international cooperation, showing how democracies can deal with China and other illiberal states without sacrificing their deepest political values. Drawing on three decades as a central banker and regulator, Tucker applies these principles to the international monetary order, including the role of the U.S. dollar, trade and investment regimes, and the financial system. Combining history, economics, and political and legal philosophy, Tucker offers a new account of international relations. Rejecting intellectual traditions that go back to Hobbes, Kant, and Grotius, and deploying instead ideas from David Hume, Bernard Williams, and modern mechanism-design economists, Tucker describes a new kind of political realism that emphasizes power and interests without sidelining morality. Incentives must be aligned with values if institutions are to endure. The connecting tissue for a system of international cooperation, he writes, should be legitimacy, creating a world of concentric circles in which we cooperate more with those with whom we share the most and whom we fear the least.
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Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracy Unelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good. Blending economics, political theory, and public law, this critically important book explores the necessary conditions for delegated but politically insulated power to be legitimate in the eyes of constitutional democracy and the rule of law. It explains why the solution must fit with how real-world government is structured, and why technocrats and their political overseers need incentives to make the system work as intended. Now with a new preface by Paul Tucker, Unelected Power explains how the regulatory state need not be a fourth branch of government free to steer by its own lights, and how central bankers can emulate the best of judicial self-restraint.

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Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracy Unelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good. Blending economics, political theory, and public law, this critically important book explores the necessary conditions for delegated but politically insulated power to be legitimate in the eyes of constitutional democracy and the rule of law. It explains why the solution must fit with how real-world government is structured, and why technocrats and their political overseers need incentives to make the system work as intended. Now with a new preface by Paul Tucker, Unelected Power explains how the regulatory state need not be a fourth branch of government free to steer by its own lights, and how central bankers can emulate the best of judicial self-restraint.
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