Education
University of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge.
Educated at Queens" College, Cambridge, he joined the Scottish Office in 1990. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (Central Bank) in the 2011 New Year Honours. He published the book "Scotland"s Future: The Economics of Constitutional Change".
Research Fellow, Queens" College, Cambridge (1981-1983)
Director of Cambridge Econometrics
Economist at the World Bank
Principal Economist at the Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development (1995)
Chief Economist for the Overseas Development Administration/Department for International Development (1996)
Director General Economy and Chief Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government (1999)
Visiting Professor at The University of Strathclyde (2011).