FleeceBook: Meet Michael Cross, Head Of FX And "Market Intelligence" At The Bank Of England

Last week we introduced our readers to the BIS' Head of Foreign Exchange and Gold, Benoit Gilson. As this week's introduction to the FleeceBook hall of fame of faceless individuals behind the scenes whose fingers are on all the relevant buttons, we present to you Michael Cross, Head of Foreign Exchange, and Executive Director for Markets, at the Bank of England, a role which with the arrival of the BoE's new Goldman leader will become quite crucial in the coming weeks as the race to debase finally crosses the English Channel and it is cable's turn to crash and burn against all other currencies. A quick look at Mr. Cross's bio courtesy of FX Week: After graduating from Cambridge University with a PhD in History, Michael Cross joined the Bank of England in 1990. His first job was in clearing and settlement policy in the equity and futures market, followed by two years working in the supe...