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Honorary Officers

Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli

Chair of the Trustee Board 

Anton has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow since 2009. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Academy of Social Sciences. He was Chair of the Russell Group of Universities in 2017-20. He currently chairs the Economic Commission for the Glasgow Region City Deal. He was awarded the honour of Commendatore of the Republic of Italy in 2008, and a Knighthood in 2017.

Prof Tony Venables

President

Tony Venables CBE is a senior research fellow at Oxford University. He is a fellow of the British Academy the Econometric Society and the Regional Science Association and a fellow and trustee of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.  He has held professorships at Manchester, Oxford, the LSE, and Southampton and served as chief economist in the UK Department for International Development. He has published extensively in international trade, spatial economics, natural resources, and economic development. Books include The spatial economy; cities, regions and international trade with M. Fujita and P. Krugman, and Multinationals in the World Economy with G. Barba Navaretti.

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Kate Collyer

Honorary Treasurer

Kate is Chief Economist at the Financial Conduct Authority, where she heads a division responsible for providing rigorous economic thinking, research, analysis, and advice to help the FCA deliver on its strategic objective of making financial services markets work well. Kate has nearly 20 years’ experience as an economist in roles spanning the public and private sector. Kate has undertaken several senior roles in government. She has published in The Economic Journal.

Prof Dame Diane Coyle

President-Elect

Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She is Research Director of the Bennett School of Public Policy. Her own research focuses on the economics of AI and digital, and on economic measurement. Diane is currently a member of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Council, the Treasury/DSIT AI and Future of Work Unit, and advises the Competition and Markets Authority. She has served previously in a number of public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, the Natural Capital Committee and most recently the New Towns Taskforce. Diane was awarded a DBE in 2023 for her contribution to economics and public policy. She was a student at Brasenose College, Oxford, reading PPE (1978). She has a PhD in Economics from Harvard (1985).