Mervyn King

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Mervyn Allister King (born March 30 1948) is Governor of the Bank of England. He took over on June 30 2003 from Sir Edward George.

King studied at Wolverhampton Grammar School, King's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge (where he gained an MA), and Harvard; he then taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham. He has also been Visiting Professor to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From October 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.

King joined the Bank in March 1991 as Chief Economist and Executive Director, having been a non-executive director from 1990 to 1991. He was appointed Deputy Governor in 1997, taking up his post June 1 1998.

King is a fan of Aston Villa F.C., and arranged a game between Bank of England employees and ex-Villa players . He also briefly found himself commentating on an Ashes test match for BBC radio Five Live in 2005, whilst being interviewed by Simon Mayo.

Cambridge University awarded him an honorary Doctorate in Law in 2006.