Mr Andy Haldane CBE FRS

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. Among other positions, he is Honorary Professor at the Universities of Nottingham, Manchester and Exeter, Visiting Professor at King's College, London, a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. 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 was the Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet Office from September 2021 to March 2022 and chairs the Government's Levelling Up Advisory Council. He has authored around 200 articles and 4 books.

Professional position

  • Former Chief Economist, Bank of England
  • Chief Executive Officer, Royal Society of Arts

Subject groups

  • Computer Sciences

    Systems, including networking, Artificial intelligence, machine learning, vision, Databases, Human-computer interaction

  • Mathematics

    Statistics and Operational Research

  • Astronomy and Physics

    Computational physics

  • Cell Biology

    Developmental biology

  • Multicellular Organisms

    Behavioural neuroscience, Development and control of behaviour, Experimental psychology

  • Patterns in Populations

    Biological modelling, Evolution

  • Health and Human Sciences

    Economics, Human geography, Social behaviour

  • Other

    Public engagement, Science education at secondary level, Scientific information provision

Mr Andy Haldane CBE FRS
Elected 2021
Committees Participated Role
Science, Industry and Translation Committee January 2024 - December 2026 Member
Committee Advising Council on Honorary Candidates January 2023 - December 2025 Member
Education Committee January 2022 - December 2024 Member