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Trade union boss among Chancellor’s appointments to Bank of England board
Paul Nowak will join the Bank of England’s governing court as ministers seek broader experience and a trade-union voice on oversight.
- Chancellor John Healey appointed Trades Union Congress general secretary Paul Nowak to the Bank's Court on a four-year term as a non-executive director.
- Refinitiv founder David Craig and City investment manager Hanneke Smits also received four-year appointments from Healey, strengthening the Court at a critical economic moment.
- A former call centre worker and trade unionist, Nowak became TUC general secretary in 2022, succeeding Baroness Frances as the Court's non-executive director.
- Recently, Nowak championed taxing bank profits to support households. He stated Wednesday: "Taxing bank profits to cut bills is plain common sense."
- The Court oversees the Bank's strategy, governance, budget, and risk framework, functioning separately from the team setting interest rates in Britain.
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Healey Appoints Trades Union Congress Boss Paul Nowak to Bank of England Board of Directors
Trades Union Congress boss Paul Nowak has been appointed by John Healey as a non-executive director on the Bank of England’s Court of Directors. Which functions as the bank’s board… Nowak will contribute to the BoE’s “strategy, governance, budget and risk framework, and for ensuring the effective discharge of the Bank’s statutory functions.” The government…
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