Andrew Haldane
Chancellor, University of Sheffield & President, British Chambers of Commerce
Andrew Haldane is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He was
formerly Chief Economist at the Bank of England and a member of the Bank’s Monetary
Policy Committee. He was the Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet
Office from September 2021 to March 2022. Andrew is Founder and President of the
charity Pro Bono Economics, Vice-Chair of the charity National Numeracy and Chair of
the National Numeracy Leadership Council. Andrew chairs the Government’s Levelling
Up Advisory Council and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s Industrial
Board. He is contributing editor at the Financial Times and Chief Economic Advisor at
PwC. Among other positions, he is Honorary Professor at the Universities of
Nottingham, Manchester and Exeter, Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and a
Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences.