PhD, University of London. Formerly: with Chase Manhattan; Chief Economist and Executive Director, DKB International; Consultant, Dai-Iichi Kangyo Bank; Chief UK Economist, Swiss Bank Corporation; Chief Economist, Head of Research, Economic Adviser to the Board and Member, Executive Forum, Standard Chartered Bank. Former Council Member, University of Warwick. Currently: Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London; Vice-Chairman, 48 Group Club; Fellow, Society of Business Economists; Council Member, Royal Economic Society; Member, Advisory Board, Grantham Institute on Climate Change; Committee Member, Hong Kong Association. Testified to US Senate Banking Committee, US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee, UK Parliamentary Committees, EU-China Summit.