Alan Budd

Sir Alan Peter Budd GBE (born 16 November 1937) is a prominent British economist, who was a founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in 1997.

He left the MPC in May 1999, and between August 1999 and 2008 was Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford.

He was temporarily head of Her Majesty's Government's Office for Budget Responsibility during 2010.

Education

Budd went to Oundle public school, and then studied at the London School of Economics where he received a B.Sc. degree in economics. He subsequently went to the University of Oxford were he received an MA degree and a D.Phil. degree and to the University of Cambridge where he obtained a Ph.D. degree.

His academic posts have included the University of Southampton, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh (Ford foundation visiting professor), and the University of New South Wales (Reserve Bank of Australia visiting professor).

Economic positions

After various academic roles, he became senior economic advisor to HM Treasury between 1970 and 1974. During the 1980s he was professor of economics and director of the Centre for Economic Forecasting at the London Business School. Other appointments have included group economic adviser, Barclays Bank (1989–91), and membership of the Advisory Board for Research Councils (1990–91).