Jonathan Haskel (born 13 August 1963) is a British economist and professor of economics at

Imperial College Business School Imperial Business School is the business school of Imperial College London, based in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, United Kingdom. Established in 2003, the business school was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. ...

. Haskel currently serves as

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member of the

UK Statistics Authority The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA, ) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for oversight of the Office for National Statistics, maintaining a national code of practice for official statist ...

, a former member of the

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the Kingdom of England, English Government's banker and debt manager, and still one ...

Monetary Policy Committee The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the Bank of England, which meets for three and a half days, eight times a year, to decide the official interest rate in the United Kingdom (the Bank of England Base Rate). It is also respo ...

and a member of the

Financial Conduct Authority The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom. It operates independently of the UK Government and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry. The FCA regulates financi ...

Competition Decisions Committee and the Payment System Regulator Enforcement and Competition Decisions Committee.

Early life

Haskel is the son of Simon Haskel and the grandson of Isaac Haskel. He was educated at

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

. He studied Economics at the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

(BSc) and at the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

(MSc and PhD), with his PhD under the supervision of Christopher Pissarides.

Academic career

Prior to joining

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

, Haskel was a professor and head of the economics department at

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

. Haskel has taught at the

and

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degree, Master's degrees in management and finance, Master of B ...

and been a visiting professor at the

Tuck School of Business The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. It was founded in 1900 as the first institution in th ...

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, US;

Stern School of Business The Leonard N. Stern School of Business (also NYU Stern, Stern School of Business, or simply Stern) is the business schools, business school of New York University, a private university, private research university based in New York City. Founded ...

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, US; and visiting researcher at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. Haskel is a professor of economics at

, specialising in innovation and productivity.

Other roles

In February 2016 he was appointed as a non-executive director of the

. A position he held until January 2023. In September 2015, Haskel has been appointed as a member of the

Competition Decisions Committee and the Payment System Regulator Enforcement and Competition Decisions Committee. In May 2018, it was announced that Haskel would become a member of the

(MPC), replacing

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from 1 September. He was in the MPC till August 2024. There were four women on the five-person shortlist. He was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

in the

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Publications

*''Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy'' (co-author,

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)

Personal life

He is married to the artist Sue Haskel, and they have two daughters.

References

External links

* https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.haskel personal page at

* https://ideas.repec.org/e/pha161.html RePEc research papers Living people Monetary Policy Committee members British economists Academics of Imperial College London Academics of Queen Mary University of London 1963 births People educated at King's College School, London Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the London School of Economics {{UK-economist-stub