David Walton Memorial Fund

 

The Department is pleased to announce the three awardees of this year's David Walton distinguished scholarship: Akshat Singh, Julian Winkler, and Yifan Zhang. Congratulations; the Department wishes them all the very best with their internships.

About David Walton

The David Walton Distinguished Doctoral Student Scholarship is named in memory of David Walton (1963-2006), member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England and Visiting Research Professor at the University of Oxford. David Walton started his career as an economist at the Treasury and later joined Goldman Sachs where he became Chief European Economist. He joined the MPC in June 2005. Widely respected in the City, he was elected Chair of the Society of Business Economists in 2003.