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Andy Haldane CBE

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Andrew Haldane is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

Haldane 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s Industrial Board and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Bradford Literature Festival and the South Yorkshire Mayor’s Economic Advisory Council. He was formerly Chair of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Council and the Levelling Up Advisory Council. He is a 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. He has published over 150 academic articles and four books.

Read more on the RSA’s Inclusive Growth Commission work

Intervention

East Midlands Inclusive Growth Commission

This commission will explore solutions that offer a long-term plan for people who live, work and study in the region; equipping them with the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

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Area of focus

Local Prosperity Plans

Local Prosperity Plans provide a single, long-term, integrated strategic approach to delivering economic, social, and natural prosperity for an area’s residents.

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