Neil Williams
Neil Williams
Chief Economist
Neil is Chief Economist at OMFIF. He joined in February 2022 to lead economic and financial coverage of sovereign institutions worldwide. He is a veteran central bank watcher who in an over 30-year career was most recently Chief Economist for Hermes Investment Management (2009-2017), and Senior Economic Adviser (2017-2021) after its merger with Federated.
With his track record in asset management, investment banking and economic policy, Neil pays particular attention to central banks’ balance sheets, investments and divestments – including the cross-over between quantitative easing and quantitative tightening as policy-makers navigate a global rise in inflation.
Neil began his career in 1987 at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), becoming its youngest ever Head of Economic Policy. He went on to hold a number of senior positions in investment banks, including Director of Bond Research at UBS, Head of Research at Sumitomo International, and Head of Sovereign Research and Strategy at Mizuho International.
Neil has an honours degree in Economics from University College of Swansea, and a Masters’ degree, also in Economics, from the University of Manchester.
