Former Head of the Bank of England to Join NYU’s Stern School of Business and School of Law
Lord Mervyn King, the former Governor of the Bank of England, will join the faculty of both the business and law schools, starting in the fall 2014 semester. Lord King will be a visiting professor in Stern’s economic department, after stepping down from his 10 year service as head of Bank of England.
NYU President John Sexton announced that “We are delighted that Lord King will be returning to our campus again this fall,” said NYU President John Sexton. “The presence of a leader of his caliber at our University is a measure of the talent that is understood to reside here in our scholars and our students, and of the part NYU plays in the global public discourse on the most important matters of the day.”
Highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of King’s professorship, NYU School of Law Dean Trevor Morrison and Peter Henry, Dean of NYU Stern School of Business, said in a jointly issued statement: “The world’s most pressing problems—and therefore the greatest opportunities to create value for business and society—do not respect disciplinary boundaries. The fields of law and business are no exception. Lord King’s intellectual contributions—from his leadership at the Bank of England to the class he will teach in our law and business program, to his research on the foundations of economic prosperity—draw heavily on insights from both law and business. Our faculty and students will benefit enormously from his experience, and we look forward to welcoming him to Washington Square.”
