Prominent Spanish Banker Takes Over as Chairman at CEPR

Prominent Spanish banker and economist Guillermo de la Dehesa takes over as Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. De la Dehesa is Director of Banco Pastor and Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe. He succeeds Anthony Loehnis who, during his decade as Chairman of the Centre, led a major expansion of the CEPR’s activities and funding. The Centre is now a network of 500 economists from Europe and the United States, and over the past decade it has gained the support of all the European central banks, and the Corporate Membership Programme launched by Loehnis has attracted over 50 members.

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