Kevin John Daly (born 5 June 1973) is a British-Irish economist. He was the chair of the UK’s Society of Professional Economists (SPE) from 2016 to 2021. He is also co-head of CEEMEA Economics in Goldman Sachs, a member of the advisory panel to the UK’s

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and of a steering group of independent experts advising the

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Early life

Daly was born in the United Kingdom in June 1973, before moving to Ireland as a child. He obtained an MA in Economics from

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, an MSc, with distinction, in Economics from University College London and a PhD in Economics from

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, where his supervisor was Philip Lane.

Career

Daly was elected to the Council of the Society of Professional Economists in 2007 and became chair of the society in 2016, succeeding Dame Kate Barker in that role. He remained in that role until 2021. During his time as chair, the Society changed its name (from the Society of Business Economists), expanded its activities into the area of professional development and saw a significant increase in its membership. Daly joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 and was named managing director in 2010. In 2011, he became Goldman’s UK Chief Economist, succeeding

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in that role. In 2016, he was appointed co-head of Goldman’s CEEMEA economics team.

Other

Daly is a Fellow of the

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. He won the SPE’s Rybczynski Essay Prize, established in memory of the economist and former chair of the society Tadeusz Rybczynski, in 2004 and 2007. He has appeared as an expert witness before th
House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
and th

Daly was previously a winner for th
Economic Research Council
��s ‘Clash of the Titans’ forecasting competition, defeating

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and Baroness

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. He was appointed

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in the

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for services to economics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Kevin John 1973 births Living people British economists Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Alumni of University College London Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences British emigrants to Ireland Irish economists Officers of the Order of the British Empire