Hélène Rey (born 1970) is a French economist who serves as Professor at London Business School (LBS).
[1] The daughter of a teacher and an engineer, Rey was born in Brioude of South-Central France[2] in 1970, where she lived for the early years of her life, speaking both French and English.
She has Ph.Ds from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and London School of Economics, both in 1998.
[6] In 2013 Rey became the first woman to win the Yrjö Jahnsson Award, sharing the prize with Thomas Piketty.
By examining the balance sheets of creditor and debtor nations, she offered new insights into relative returns on cross-border investments.