Mrs Hamish McRae, CBE

Career: staff memb: The Times 1967-69, The Banker 1969, The Observer 1970-73, The Guardian (economics corr 1973-81, ed women's page 1981-84); The Economist: Br ed 1984-89, environment ed 1989-94, media ed 1994-97, public policy ed 1997-98, mgmnt ed 1998-2004; rector Exeter Coll Oxford 2004-; non-exec dir Prolific Group 1988-89, memb Bd Alliance & Leicester Building Society (now Alliance & Leicester plc) 1990-2004; chair ESRC 2001-07, pres BAAS 2005-06, chair Exec Ctee Inst for Fiscal Studies 2008- (memb Cncl 1995-2001); memb: Economics Ctee SSRC 1972-76, Newspaper Panel Monopolies Cmmn 1973-80, Cncl Royal Economic Soc 1980-85, Inquiry into Br Housing 1984-85, Sch Teachers' Review Body 1992-93, Scottish Cncl of Economic Advsrs 2007-, Advsy Bd Fndn for Effective Governance Ukraine 2007-; hon treas Nat Cncl for One Parent Families 1980-83, tstee Kennedy Meml Tst 1974-89, govr NIESR 1995-2001; visiting fell Nuffield Coll Oxford 2001-04; High Sheriff Gtr London 2004-05; hon fell: St Anne's Coll Oxford, St Peter's Coll Oxford; FRSE, life fell RSA 2006, hon fell BAAS 2006

Books and Publications: Capital City (with Hamish McRae, 1971), The Second Great Crash (with Hamish McRae, 1973), The Guardian Guide to the Economy (1981), Changing Perceptions of Economic Policy (1981), The Second Guardian Guide to the Economy (1983), Guide to the Economy (1987), Costing the Earth (1991), Green Inc (1995), The Death of Distance (1997, latest edn 2001), The Company of the Future (2002)