Director and Adjunct Professor

David is BNZ Professor of Finance in the Business School. He has been Advisor to the Board at the Bank of Finland and Professor of Economics at South Bank University in London. Before that he was chief economist and Chief Manager at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

David has had a varied career in academic and public institutions, including being Group Head at the National Economic Development Office in London, Director (CEO) of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in Wellington, Editor (responsible for the forecasting of the UK and world economies) and then Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London after beginning his professional career at the University of Exeter.

Although his current focus is on the future development of monetary and financial integration in Europe he has published widely in economics and related areas.

Some other more recent positions that David has held include:

• Honorary Professor University of St Andrews
• Coordinator Economic Social Research Council Single European Market Programme, 1990-1994
• Adjunct professor University of Auckland, 2006-2010
• Adjunct Professor of Economics University of Waikato, 1996-1999
• Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, 2000- 2003, 2008 -
• Honorary Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, University of Stirling, 2003-2006

David Mayes research papers

Contact details
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 83090
Email: d.mayes@auckland.ac.nz