Jean-Paul Fitoussi is Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, where he has taught since 1982 and whose Scientific Committee he now chairs. He is currently President of the Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), an economic research and forecasting institute. His writing appears regularly in newspapers in France and abroad and he is commentator for La Repubblica and Le Monde. Since 2002 he has been Director of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. In the field of research, Mr. Fitoussi has concentrated on inflation theory, unemployment, foreign trade and the role of macroeconomic policy.
Foreign Member
Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to his current appointment he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the UK's single financial regulator since 1998. He had previously served for two years as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, after three years as Director General of the Confederation of British Industry. From 1987 to 1992 he was Controller of the Audit Commission. From 1982 to 1987 he worked for McKinsey & Company in London and during 1985-1986 was seconded to the Treasury as Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had previously worked at the Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including two years as Private Secretary to the British Ambassador in Paris.
Howard Davies has written two books, the first of which, The Chancellors' Tales, was published in November 2006. His second book, Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide, co-authored with David Green, was published in March 2008.
John Kay has held chairs at Oxford University and London Business School, founded a successful business, held and holds several company directorships, and is a member of the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is interested in adaptive behaviour by households and firms in a world characterised by irresolvable uncertainty. He writes a weekly column for the Financial Times and is a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford and a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. His latest book, The Long and the Short of It, was published in January 2009.
Juan Vicente Sola is a Professor of Constitutional at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, and the Director of the Centre of Law and Economics, University of Buenos Aires.