Andrew Bailey Net Worth 2022, Age, Wife, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

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Introduction

Andrew Bailey is a British central banker who has been Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020. Previously he served as the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from January 2004 until April 2011, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Prudential Regulation from April 2013 to July 2016, and Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority from 2016 to 2020.

Early life

Name	Andrew Bailey
Net Worth	$8 million
Occupation	Governor of Bank of England
Age	63 years
Height	1.75m

Andrew Bailey net worth

Andrew John Bailey was born on March 30, 1959 (age 63 years) in Leicester, United Kingdom. He is the son of British parents. He attended Wyggeston Boys’ Grammar School, Leicester, from where he went to Queens’ College, Cambridge, where he gained a bachelor’s degree in History (promoted to MA by seniority in 1985) and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of History, the University of Cambridge in 1984 with a thesis on The impact of the Napoleonic Wars on the development of the cotton industry in Lancashire: a study of the structure and behaviour of firms during the Industrial Revolution.

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Career

Andrew Bailey became a research officer after university at the London School of Economics, before joining the Bank of England in 1985. He has worked at the Bank of England in a number of areas, most recently as executive director for banking services and as Chief Cashier, as well as head of the bank’s Special Resolution Unit (SRU). Previous roles include the Governor’s private secretary and head of the International Economic Analysis Division in Monetary Analysis.

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Bailey was responsible for the bank’s special operations to resolve problems in the banking sector since the onset of the financial crisis in August 2007 and until April 2011 and in 2009 was chairman and chief executive of Dunfermline Building Society Bridge Bank Ltd. On 1 April 2013 Bailey became the chief executive of the new Prudential Regulation Authority and the first deputy governor of the Bank of England for Prudential Regulation. On 26 January 2016, it was announced that Andrew Bailey would take over as CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

He replaced Tracey McDermott, who became acting CEO after Martin Wheatley resigned following a vote of no confidence by George Osborne in July 2015. In September 2019, allegations were made of Bailey falling asleep during a meeting between campaigners acting on behalf of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) and the FCA and of his failure to take swift action to protect those affected by what would become one of the UK’s biggest pension mis-selling scandals. A subsequent National Audit Office probe into the case concluded that members of the BSPS suffered significant financial losses because the FCA failed to take action on numerous reports of some FCA-authorised firms giving unsuitable transfer advice. This led to parliamentarians commenting that the FCA was asleep at the wheel.

In March 2020 the Treasury Select Committee criticized the performance of the Financial Conduct Authority. The committee said it would monitor closely the culture, operations and transparency of the FCA. This followed damning criticisms of the watchdog by consumer and industry groups during Bailey’s tenure as its chief executive.

On 3 June 2019, it was reported in The Times that Andrew Bailey was the favorite to replace Mark Carney as the new Governor of the Bank of England. Sajid Javid had also intervened in support of Bailey. According to The Economist, “He is widely seen within the bank as a safe pair of hands, an experienced technocrat who knows how to manage an organization.”

Andrew Bailey in 2021 objected to the title of a report by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, “Quantitative easing: a dangerous addiction?”, saying ” Addiction is a word that has a very damaging and particular meaning to many people who are suffering. I think it is wrong to use that word loosely, and frankly, I think it was a very poor choice of language”.

Bailey faced criticism in February 2022 from union leaders over his comments asking workers not to demand a pay rise, in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis. When pressed by parliamentarians as to Bailey’s salary (in contrast to the average earnings of care workers) Bailey replied with an approximate figure of £500,000, also stating “I can’t tell you exactly what it is, I don’t carry that around in my head”.

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In May 2022 Bailey stated that rising food prices are a “major worry” for the UK and other countries. He stated how it “is a major, major worry and it’s not just I have to tell you a major worry for this country. There’s a major worry for the developing world as well. And so if I had to sort of, sorry for being apocalyptic for a moment, but that is a major concern.” Bailey said the war in Ukraine was affecting food supplies. Following the “mini-budget”, Bailey said on Monday that the Bank of England

“will not hesitate” to raise interest rates if needed to meet its 2% inflation target and that it was watching financial markets “very closely” following sharp moves in asset prices. His term will expire on 15 March 2028.

Wife

Andrew Bailey is married to Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, they had their wedding in England. His wife is a professor of political science and head of the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The couple has two children. When it comes to Andrew Bailey’s weight loss and height, he stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality. As of mid-2022, Andrew Bailey and his wife Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey are still married.