Andrew Dilnot

Andrew William Dilnot CBE (born 19 June 1960), economist and broadcaster, has been Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford since October 2002. He was for several years the presenter of BBC Radio 4's series on numbers, "More or Less" (his successor is Tim Harford) and of documentaries for British television.

Dilnot was Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and of the Institute of Actuaries, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from City University. His main research interests lie in government economic policy as it affects individuals, organizations and the wider economy. As well as teaching at Oxford, he has also taught at University College London, the London School of Economics and overseas. He was awarded a CBE in 2000 for services to economics and economic policy.

Dilnot became a Pro Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 2005.He lives with his wife and two daughters in Oxford.

Andrew Dilnot has been Principal of St Hugh’s College since October 2002 and Pro Vice Chancellor of Oxford University since 2005. He is an economist and broadcaster. He went to Olchfa Comprehensive School, in Swansea, and then after a PPE degree in Oxford worked for the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.

He was Director of the Institute from 1991 to 2002. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s series on the beauty of numbers, More or Less, which is supported by the Open University (OU website on More or Less). He presents television documentaries about the economy for Channel 4. He is a member of the board of the National Consumer Council and of the Steering Committee for the ODPM Science Review. He has served on the Social Security Advisory Committee, the Retirement Income Inquiry, the Balance of Central and Local Government Funding Inquiry, the Rowntree Committee on the future costs of long term care, the Ageing Population Foresight panel, and the Councils of the Royal Economic Society and Queen Mary and Westfield College. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Oxford, Queen Mary University of London, the Swansea Institute of Higher Education and the Institute of Actuaries, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from City University.

His main research interests lie in government economic policy and its effects on the distribution of income, labour market behaviour, savings and pensions, and also the control and setting of government budgetary rules and the monitoring of fiscal policy. He was awarded a CBE in 2000 for services to economics and economic policy.

External links

* [http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/fellowspages/Andrew_Dilnot/Mr_Andrew_Dilnot.php St Hugh's College home page]
* [http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/Faculty/EconDetails.asp?Detailno=129 Oxford University home page]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/1628552.stm BBC page on Andrew Dilnot]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/ More or Less]
* [http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicfinances/comment/0,12671,1636152,00.html The Chancellor's luck has run out] , "The Observer", Sunday November 6, 2005
* [http://education.guardian.co.uk/academicexperts/story/0,,2205592,00.html "The only principal of an Oxford college to have been educated at a comprehensive school"] , "The Guardian", November 6, 2007