Council of Economic Advisers

Overview

The Council of Economic Advisers was replaced in July 2021 by the Advisory Council to the National Strategy on Economic Transformation. Many council members continue to advise the Government.

The Council of Economic Advisers was established in 2007 to advise ministers on how to make Scotland's economy more competitive.

Its membership comprises leading figures from the private sector and academia, including a Nobel Laureate.

The Council has two formal meetings a year and also carries out engagement and work between meetings focused on:

• improving the competitiveness of the Scottish economy
• tackling inequality within Scotland

Members

• Crawford Beveridge (Chair) - Chairman of Scottish Equity Partners Ltd. and Non-Executive Chairman of Autodesk
• Sir Harry Burns - Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Strathclyde
• Professor Sara Carter - Vice principal and Head of College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
• Professor Mariana Mazzucato - Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL)
• Jim McColl - Chairman and Chief Executive of Clyde Blowers
• Professor Anton Muscatelli - Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
• Professor Joseph Stiglitz - Professor of Economics at Columbia University
• Craig Clark, CEO and founder of Clyde Space
• Julia Unwin, Chair of the Independent Inquiry on the Future of Civil Society
• Professor Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir - Professor of Environment and Natural Resourses, University of Iceland
• Martine Durand - Former Chief Statistician at the OECD

Documents

• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: March 2021
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: December 2020
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: October 2020
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: September 2020
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: June 2020
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: March 2020
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: October 2019
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: May 2019
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: March 2019
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: December 2018
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: August 2018
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: June 2018
• Council of Economic Advisers: building our industrial strategy
• Council of Economic Advisers: annual report 2015-2016
• Council of Economic Advisers: disclosures
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: April 2018
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: January 2018
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: November 2017
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: August 2017
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: June 2017
• Council of Economic Advisers teleconference minutes: March 2017
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: January 2017
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: August 2016
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: February 2016
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: October 2015
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: March 2015
• Council of Economic Advisers minutes: November 2014