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Director of the Growth Programme, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Anna is a Distinguished Policy Fellow and Director of the Growth Programme at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID), and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute, LSE. Her research is focused on the drivers of productivity and innovation in firms and regions, and in particular the role of skills and universities in explaining differences in economic performance. Anna was a member of the Steering Group of the Economy 2030 Inquiry, a Commissioner for the Royal Society of the Arts - Core Cities UK Urban Futures Commission, and Research Director for the LSE Growth Commission. Anna has been elected to the Royal Economic Society council for the period 2024-2029.
Over 2024-2025 Anna served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. She previously held a number of advisory roles for the UK government and policy institutions. These include membership of the previous Chancellor's Economic Advisory Council, the Office for Budget Responsibility Advisory Panel, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Economic Advisory Council, the Green Jobs Delivery group, the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Organisational Landscape Review Sounding Board, BEIS R&D Places Advisory Group, and the Cabinet Office National Leadership Centre Research Expert and Academic Advisory Panel.
Anna obtained a PhD in Economics at the LSE in 2018. Previously, she worked at Deloitte in Economic Consulting, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and advised a range of clients on economic and regulatory issues in telecoms, media and utilities sectors.