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Appointment of Robert Chote as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility - Treasury Contents

Robert Chote CV

DATE OF BIRTH:
24 January 1968
CAREER DETAILS
2002-present:	Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London (www.ifs.org.uk)
	Head of 50-person independent research institute, producing economic analysis of developments in public finances, tax, pensions, welfare state, income distribution, education, government expenditure, industrial and labour market policies in the UK, plus selected public policy issues in other industrial and developing economies. Responsible for overall strategy, management, quality control and communication of the institute's work.
	During this period the IFS has twice been named "Think Tank of the Year" in the annual Prospect awards and was the most favourably regarded think-tank among MPs of all parties according to a 2004 survey by Communicate Research. A study of university and other economics institutions by the University of Connecticut in 2010 ranked the IFS in the top four in the UK and in the top 30 in the world, with those above it generally much larger institutions.
	The Director's role includes extensive media appearances, written journalism and speaking engagements for a wide variety of audiences.
1999-2002:	Adviser to the First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC (www.imf.org)
	Writing and advising on issues including reform of the international financial system, globalization and national/regional/global economic developments for Stanley Fischer (1999-2001) and Anne Krueger (2001-02). Member of IMF taskforce on sovereign debt restructuring policy. Plus advising on the IMF's external relations strategy.
1995-1999:	Economics Editor, Financial Times, London (www.ft.com)
	Responsible for news and analytical coverage of the British and world economies, economic policy, financial markets and international economic institutions. Editor of the FT's annual World Economy publication. Occasional editorial writing. Leader of four person reporting team. Regular TV/radio contributions and other public speaking engagements.
1993-95:	Economics Commentator and Correspondent, The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, London
	Weekly economics column for The Independent on Sunday. Plus responsibility for news and analytical coverage of the UK economy in the daily and Sunday titles. Editorial writing.
1990-93:	City & Financial Reporter, The Independent, London (www.independent.co.uk)
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
2009-present	University of Cambridge
	Member, Finance Committee
2007-present	CentreForum
	Member, Advisory Board
2007-09	Options for Britain II, ESRC Research Project, Oxford University
	Member, Advisory Group
2005-present	UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity, Office for National Statistics
	Member, Advisory Board
2004-present	Public Finance
	Member, Editorial Board
2003-present	Oxford Institute for Economic Policy (Oxonia)
	Member, Academic and Policy Board
1997-present	National Institute of Economic and Social Research
	Governor
2004-07	Chartered Institute of Taxation
	Member, Tax Policy Sub-Committee
1998-99	Office of National Statistics
	Member, Statistics Advisory Committee
EDUCATION
2001-02:	Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA
	Masters in International Public Policy (on leave of absence)
1989-90:	City University, London, UK
	Post-Graduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism (joined The Independent before course completed)
1986-89:	Queens' College, Cambridge University, UK
	BA and MA, Economics.
1980-86:	St Mary's College, Southampton, UK