James Bell is Executive Director for Communications at the Bank of England, responsible for all internal and external communications.
Previously, James was Director for Monetary Analysis (2017-2021). In this role he managed a team that produces briefings, analysis and forecasts for the Monetary Policy Committee.
Before that he was head of the Structural Economic Analysis Division (2012-2017) and secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee (2010-2017).
James started working at the Bank of England in 1997 as an economist. He worked in the Press Office as a Spokesperson on monetary policy (2010- 2012) and he led the International Conjunctural Team (2006-2010).