Luci Ellis is the Chief Economist for the Westpac Banking Group. She previously served as Assistant Governor (Economic) at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from December 2016 until October 2023.

Prior to that, Luci was Head of the Financial Stability Department at the RBA for eight years, spent two years on secondment at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, and held several other senior positions at the RBA during her three-decade career in central banking.

Luci holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, a Master’s degree in Economics from the Australian National University, and a first-class Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne.