Andrew J Scott
Andrew John Scott is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at London Business School, known for his work on macroeconomic policy and longevity. Previously he was a lecturer at Oxford University, a visiting professor at Harvard University and a researcher at the London School of Economics. Biography. Scott was born 12 May 1965 in Enfield, London. He was educated at Firs Farm Primary School and Haberdashers’ Aske’s, Elstree. He attended Trinity College, Oxford where he graduated with a first with prizes in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1987. He received a MSc in Economics from  the London School of Economics in 1990 and was elected to a Prize Fellowship to All Souls College, Oxford in 1990. He was elected in the same year as philosopher Robert Rowland Smith and historian Scott Mandelbrote. He received his D.Phil ("Essays in Aggregate Consumption") from Oxford in 1994. He worked briefly as an economist for Credit Suisse First Boston before holding research positions at London Business School and the London School of Economics. He then took up a lectureship at Oxford University, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard before joining London Business School where he is currently Professor of  Economics having previously served as Deputy Dean. Alongside his academic career Scott has been a non-executive director for the UK’s Financial Services Authority and an advisor to the House of Commons, the Bank of England, and H.M.Treasury. He is currently on the advisory board of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility and a member of the Cabinet Office Honours Committee (Science and Technology).