Andrew Scott is Professor and Subject Area Chair of Economics at London Business School, a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Scientific Chair of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network. Previously he was a Fellow at All Souls, Oxford and held lecturing positions at Harvard University, London School of Economics and Oxford University. His MA is from Oxford, his M.Sc from the London School of Economics and his D.Phil from Oxford University.

His research focuses on monetary and fiscal policy and business cycles. He has published widely in academic journals and with David Miles is author of a textbook Macroeconomics: Understanding the Wealth of Nations (jointly written with David Miles) which has been translated into four languages. He is Managing Editor for the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal and an advisor on Monetary Policy to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee. He has been an advisor to Chief Economists at both the Bank of England (on monetary policy) and H.M.Treasury (on fiscal policy and debt management) as well as a policy consultant to the Department for International Development and the Debt Management Office. He is also Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Mauritius.