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Are we finally returning to growth? Join our evening event on 15th October 2024 to hear from economists Sonali Punhani (Bank of America) and George Buckley (Nomura) who will be discussing global factors, the impact of the UK election and longer-term macroeconomic trends.
George Buckley joined Nomura in January 2017 as their Chief UK Economist & Co Head of European Economics, having previously been Deutsche Bank’s Chief UK Economist. He has over 20 years’ experience in the City, following a PhD at the University of Bristol (housing and mortgage markets). While at Bristol George lectured and taught tutorials in macroeconomics and econometrics. He holds an MSc in Economics and Finance, also from the University of Bristol, and a BA in Economics from the University of Wales, Bangor. George is a published author (What You Need to Know About Economics, Capstone, 2011) and won the Society of Business Economists’ annual Rybczynski Prize for an essay on spare capacity.
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.
The event is being held at the offices of Arup, 80 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QS on Tuesday 15 October 2024. The meeting will start at 5.30pm and be followed by a networking drinks reception. Registration from 5.15pm.
Members can register via the member notices.