Sir Alan Peacock DSC MA DUniv DEcon DSc FBA
Sir Alan Peacock is Honorary Research Professor in Public Finance at EBS. One of the UK's best-known experts on the economics of public finance, he has published over 30 books and monographs and 200 professional articles. He has held senior posts at the London School of Economics (1948–56) and at the Universities of Edinburgh (1956–62), York (1962–78), and Buckingham (1978–84). He was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham (1983–84). He has been awarded honorary degrees by eight universities, he is one of the few economists that is a fellow of the British Academy, and he is an honorary fellow of the London School of Economics.
He has been an economic adviser to the UK government, to seven other governments and to international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the United Nations (UN). For three years (1973–76), he served full-time as chief economic adviser in the UK Department of Trade and Industry and chaired the Committee on Financing the BBC (1985–86), which had a major influence on the future structure of broadcasting. He was knighted for public service in 1987. He has also had business experience as a partner in an economic consultancy, and as a non-executive director of a publishing firm and latterly of a banking concern. He was awarded the Scottish Special Free Enterprise Award in 1987.
