Sonali Punhani is the UK Economist and Director at Bank of America. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2024, she was a European Economist, Executive Director at UBS. Previously she was the Head of UK Economics and a Director in the European Economics team at Credit Suisse, where she also worked in the Global Demographics and Pensions Research team. Sonali has 15 years of experience in financial services, leading the coverage and forecasting of monetary policy, fiscal policy, cyclical indicators and political developments for the UK economy. She has also presented her views at conferences, media forums such as Bloomberg, BBC, CNN and CNBC as well as external forums.