Sushil Baldev Wadhwani CBE (born 7 December 1959 [1] ) is a British economist who was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from June 1999 to May 2002. [2]
Wadhwani was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, in India and at Stanmore Sixth Form College in the UK. [3] He then studied economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he received BSc, MSc and PhD degrees. [4] While studying for his doctorate he was appointed to a lectureship at the LSE, and remained there for a further eight years until leaving to join Goldman Sachs International as its Director of Equity Strategy. [4]
Wadhwani is also the founder and chief investment officer of PGIM Wadhwani (formerly Wadhwani Asset Management). [5] He was hired as an economic advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, in 2022. [6]