Dame Minouche Shafik visits Habs

On Friday 31 January, the Habs Economics Society was delighted to welcome its first high-profile speaker of the decade, Dame Minouche Shafik.

Dame Minouche, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, former Vice President of the World Bank and current Director of LSE (to name but a few of her outstanding achievements), visited Habs to speak to students from the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools.

The talk began with the Chairman of the Economics Society asking a series of questions to Dame Minouche, about various aspects of her career. Some of the questions asked included: what inspired Dame Minouche to study three economics-related degrees at different universities? What was her time like whilst Vice President of the World Bank? Would she have voted for an interest rate cut at the recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting? How can we stimulate economic growth in the UK following Brexit?

The audience were then invited to ask questions to Dame Minouche, where she offered insightful and thought-provoking responses to some very interesting and challenging questions. These questions were based on an array of topics including climate change, gender equality in financial and economics-related professions, Islamic financing, and her work on the Oslo Peace Accords.

A huge thank you to Dame Minouche for taking the time out of her busy schedule to visit Habs, and we look forward to inviting her back to the School to talk again soon.

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