Michael Sheren joined the Bank of England as a Senior Advisor in July of 2013 after twenty eight years in the financial services industry where he specialized in the structuring, distribution and trading of commercial debt for major global financial institutions. Within the BoE Michael is based in the PRA where he provides guidance, advice and challenge around issues concerning financial markets, governance, supervision and policy. Prior to the BoE, Michael spent the first half of his career in New York City where he worked in leveraged finance, commercial real estate and distressed debt. In 1997 Michael moved to London where he was primarily focused on structuring and distributing debt for leveraged buy-outs. In addition, he was active in commercial real estate finance, shipping, distressed debt, structured products and the financing of SME’s in the emerging markets. Michael holds master’s degrees from Harvard, The London School of Economics and New York University where he studied finance, economics, philosophy and public policy. He also holds a BA from the George Washington University in Political Science and History