Silvia Ardagna is a Managing Director and Head of European Economics
Research. Based in London, Silvia leads the team covering the Euro
area countries and some of the small open European economies. Silvia
joined Barclays in 2021 from Goldman Sachs, where she was a
managing director in the Investment Strategy Group in the Consumer
and Investment Management Division and in Global Investment
Research from 2012 to 2021. Prior to joining the private sector, Silvia
was an associate professor at the Department of Economics of Harvard
University from 2004 to 2010. She has been visiting fellow at the
European Central Bank and The International Monetary Fund and she
is a leading expert in the area of fiscal policy. Her academic research
has been published in top refereed journals and has been influential in
shaping the policy debate around fiscal issues. Silvia earned a BA and
MA in Economics from Bocconi University and a PhD from Boston
College.