Philip R. Lane

Philip Lane
Chief Economist of the European Central Bank
Assumed office
1 June 2019
PresidentMario Draghi
Christine Lagarde
Preceded byPeter Praet
Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Assumed office
1 June 2019
Preceded byPeter Praet
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
In office
3 November 2015 – 1 June 2019
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Leo Varadkar
Preceded byPatrick Honohan
Succeeded byGabriel Makhlouf
Personal details
Born
Philip Richard Lane

(1969-08-27) 27 August 1969 (age 55)
Dublin, Ireland
Spouse
Órla Lane
(m. 1996)
Children2
EducationBlackrock College
Trinity College Dublin
Harvard University
WebsiteOfficial website

Philip Richard Lane (born 27 August 1969) is an Irish economist who has been serving as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank since 2019 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. He previously served as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 2015 to 2019.[1] As ECB Chief Economist, Lane is seen by many as providing an academic counterweight to the traditional political abilities of ECB President, Christine Lagarde.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Governing hand: Philip Lane takes charge of Central Bank in recovering economy". Irish Times. 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ The Next ECB Chief Economist Is More Than a Dove, Bloomberg, February 28, 2019
  3. ^ "ECB urged to give more weight to housing in inflation fight". www.ft.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Lagarde's Move to Top of ECB Makes Lane Her Monetary Brain". Bloomberg.com. 3 July 2019.