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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Phillip Inman

Minouche Shafik: ‘The idea that you are successful because you are hardworking is pernicious’

Minouche Shafik on the roof of the London School of Economics on a sunny day, lea ing against a balcony rail and smiling over her shoulder
Baroness Shafik at the London School of Economics: ‘The discussion we need to be having asks: what do we owe each other and what are our expectations of each other?’ Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer

Minouche Shafik seemed destined for the top job at the Bank of England when she arrived in 2014, but becoming the first female governor was not to be.

She only spent two years inside the Bank’s imposing offices on Threadneedle Street before quitting as deputy governor to head the London School of Economics.

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