David Geoffrey Mayes is BNZ Professor of Banking & Finance in the University of Auckland Business School. He has been Advisor to the Board at the Bank of Finland and Professor of Economics at South Bank University in London. Before that he was chief economist and Chief Manager at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
David has had a varied career in academic and public institutions, including being Group Head at the National Economic Development Office in London, Director (CEO) of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in Wellington, Editor (responsible for the forecasting of the UK and world economies) and then Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London after beginning his professional career at the University of Exeter.
Although his current focus is on the future development of monetary and financial integration in Europe he has published widely in economics and related areas.
David earned his MA at the University of Oxford and his PhD at the Bristol University.
Some other more recent positions that David has held include: