The Decision Maker Panel Team is drawn from the Bank of England, University of Nottingham and Stanford University. In July 2016 Nick Bloom and Paul Mizen founded the Decision Maker Panel, and began telephone surveys with the Bank of England in August 2016, followed by online surveys in November 2016. The project has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council since 2016. The team members are listed below.

Craig Menzies

Craig is a Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant at King’s College London and works on secondment in the Structural Economics Division within the Bank of England’s Monetary Analysis Directorate. He holds a BSc in Physics from the University of St Andrews and a BSc in Economics from the University of Dundee. Prior to joining the DMP team, Craig completed his MSc in Economics at the University of Edinburgh, where he developed research interests in macroeconomics, monetary policy, climate change, and regional economic modelling.

Emily Barnes

Emily Barnes is Research Assistant on the Decision Maker Panel project and an Economics PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham. She is a visiting research associate at the LSE Centre for Macroeconomics. Emily holds an MRes and MSc in Economics and BSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Nottingham. Her research interests lie primarily in macroeconomics, economic policy, and applied econometrics.

Gregory Thwaites

Gregory Thwaites is Associate Professor in Economics at University of Nottingham and a Research Director at the Resolution Foundation. He is on sabbatical from the Bank of England, where his most recent role was as Head of International Research. He has also worked as an economist for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Independent Commission on Banking (the ‘Vickers Commission’). He is a visiting fellow at the LSE Centre for Macroeconomics.

Ivan Yotzov

Ivan Yotzov is an Economist at the Bank of England. He is working in the Structural Economics Division, part of the Monetary Analysis Directorate. Ivan has an MPhil in Economic Research from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Warwick. His research interests include macroeconomics, political economy, and text analysis.

Harshi Singh

Harshi Singh is an industrial placement student at the Bank of England, working in the Structural Economics Division within Monetary Analysis. She is completing a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management at King’s College London.

Krishan Shah

Krishan Shah is an Economist at the Bank of England, where he works in the Structural Economics Division of the Bank’s Monetary Analysis Directorate focusing on issues related to the corporate sector. Prior to joining the Bank of England in September 2023, Krishan was an Economist at the Resolution Foundation – a think tank focused on improving the living standards of low to middle income households – and where he worked on issues such as regional and wealth inequality, productivity, and housing. Krishan has also worked at an Associate at the Financial Stability Board in Basel. He holds a MSc in Economics from the LSE and a MA from the University of Oxford.

Nick Bloom

Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow of SIEPR and the Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has a BA from Cambridge, an MPhil from Oxford, and a PhD from University College London. His research focuses on management practices and uncertainty and he is also a Principal Investigator on the Decision Maker Panel project.

Paul Mizen OBE

Paul Mizen is Professor in Economics at King’s College, London. Paul has taught at the European University Institute, Princeton University and the Universities of Nottingham and Vienna. He is Principal Investigator on the ESRC funded Decision Maker Panel project. Paul is a distinguished economist known for his influential contributions to economic research and public policy. He was appointed as OBE in the 2026 New Year Honours and is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He currently serves as Chairman of the ESRC‑funded Money, Macro and Finance Society, a role that highlights his leadership and standing within the UK economics community.

Pawel Smietanka

Pawel Smietanka is a Senior Economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank, with a PhD from the University of Nottingham. He works in the Research Centre of the Bank. Prior to moving to Germany, Pawel worked at the Bank of England and was involved in many different aspects of the Decision Maker Panel project since joining the Project Team in 2016.

Phil Bunn

Phil Bunn is a Senior Technical Advisor at the Bank of England where he has worked since 2001. He currently works in the Structural Economics Division in the Monetary Analysis area of the Bank. He is the Programme Director of the DMP, responsible for the day-to-day running of the survey and dissemination of the results to the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee as well as being part of the research team working on the survey.

Sasha Abrahams

Sasha is an Economics PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. She holds a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Economics from the LSE. Between studies, she worked at JP Morgan Asset Management, whilst also spending time as a research assistant for Professor Ricardo Reis (LSE) and Saleem Bahaj (UCL, Bank of England). Her research interests lie Macroeconomics, Political, and International Economics.

Susan Singh-Sokhi

Susan Singh-Sokhi is the Operations Manager for the Decision Maker Panel (DMP) recruitment team at the University of Nottingham. With more than 30 years of experience in both the public and charity sectors, she brings extensive operational expertise to DMP. In her role, Susan oversees the daily operations of the recruitment team and serves as the key liaison between the academic and operational sides of the panel. Additionally, Susan is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, returning to education as a mature student after over three decades.

Veenaa Sasikaran

Veenaa Sasikaran is a Senior Research Assistant in the Structural Economics Division at the Bank of England. She is also a degree apprentice working towards her BSc Economics degree.

Current University of Nottingham Recruitment Team

Helen Burton

Jane Slack

Jaiveer Matharu

Joseph Dawson

Marie Hickey

Phoebe Goodwin

Rohith Punyamurthula

Sahib-Nek Singh Virdi

Sree Premkumar

Zainab Abbas

Zakia Ishaque

Previous University of Nottingham Project Team

Julia Leather

Kate Fisher

Previous Bank of England Team

Almog Adir

Anesa Maxwell

Alice Crundwell

Georgia Craven

Gerald Aryeequaye

Garry Young

Jahmal Nicholson

James O’Connor

Jason Chan

Joshua Wignall

Jenny Lam

Lena Anayi

Michael Macaulay

Myrto Oikonomou

Nandita Padki

Okon Enyenihi

Ozgen Ozturk

Reanne Roban

Reem Hasan

Sami Alkhair

Sami khan

Scarlet (Sijia) Chen

Stefania Spiga

Previous University of Nottingham Recruitment Team

Aayushi Karsan

Ashwin Chettiar

Atharva Palkar

Anamika Anand

Abbey Thornhill

Adam Trodd

Alexis Wadzanai Williams

Aliaa Essam Abdelhamid

Alistair Grant

Alyssia Meek-Rose

Amaan Abdulrahman

Amal Atar

Amaziah Alipio

Amelia Hacon

Amelie Van Der Ploeg

Amruthavalli Kasturi Srinivasan

Andrew Attuah-Asante

Anna Lea-Wilson

Anu Oloruntola

Anza Fatima

Arbnor Beciri

Aron Zerezghi

Ayesha Kaleem

Bailey Dawkins

Bengisu Sahin

Beth Green

Brandon Da Silva

Callum Murphy

Carol George

Caroline O’Loughlin

Chloe Moran

Christopher Creamore

Constantinos Ploutarchou

Cynthia Ndivo

Cleopatra Ngoma

Dan Cristal

Daniel Betts

Daniel Blaugher

Daniel Wickens

Daniel Wookey

David Jose Marques Patricio

Dipika Mishra

Doris Muigei

Drishti Bhatt

Eddy Bukenya

Edmund Antwi

Edward Hirst

Elizabeth Mollatt

Emmanuel Ojo

Endrit Gashi

Eoin Lee

Eve Mary Jean Burrell

Evelita Simkute

Evrydiki Papavarnava

Fahad Ali

Felipe Augusto Aragao

Felix Njugi

Feras Shamashan

George Spithouris

Georgia Hubbard

Gillian Kudzai Mwaramba

Grace Yusuf

Guy Hide

Hassan Khan

Hira Athar

Isabel McGibbon

Isavella Iasons

Jack Greetham

Jack Page

Jack Robson

Jamal Qasim

Juliana Mohammad

James Barnes

James Hunt

Jamie Savage

Jayne Nightingale

Joshua Kneller

Juliet Boardman

Jyoti Shekar

Joshua Kneller

Jemi Mathavan

Katrin Dallimore

Khurram Siddiqui

Kiran Birring

Laura Bott

Louise Taylor

Luke Pearce

Luke Ridge

Maciej Kawecki

Madeleine Bownes

Maria-Elena Nichiforiuc

Matthew Hills

Matthew Leech

Matthew Miller

Matthew Simpson

Max Brewer

Max O’Brien

Mercedes Ola

Mikolaj Uchman

Mubariz Mujtaba

Najiha Norizan

Nandita Padki

Nellie Khossousi

Nicole Curtis

Nikita Patel

Nitin Rai

Nkolika Ezupua

Okon Enyenihi

Oliver Lister

Oliver Tisdall-Evans

Oliver Kneller

Philip Jones

Phillip Harrison

Phoebe Jones

Polly Stops

Rachel Lister

Ravi Yaathavan

Rebecca Burton

Ridwan Allarakha

Riya Chandan

Saagar Dave

Sabahat Mukadam

Saif Ul Islam

Sam Smith McGloin

Sheena Makena

Silvia Lozano Guerrero

Smea Khan

Smriti Mittal

Sudhsnahu Mishra

Suneet Kashyap

Surya Mythili

Tafsi Islam Anuva

Tebuho Suuya

Tejashree Jadhav

Thomas Burgess

Thomas Mahey

Thomas Paranikulangara

Toby Howard

Toyosi Ogunnaike

Rafig Ismayil

Umama Khan Tareen

Valeria Georgallidou

Wendy York

William Bunnis

Yassin Hassanin