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Biography

   
   

David Greenaway is the sixth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham and Professor of Economics.

From 2004 to 2008 he was a University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, having previously held this position between 1994 and 2001. He was also Dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences between 1991 and 1994.

 

Current and recent public duties

Professor Greenaway's current public duties include the following:

  • Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
  • Chairman of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body from 2004 until 2010, and a Member since 1998, which advises the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defence annually on the pay and conditions of the UK Armed Forces
  • Member of the Senior Salaries Review Body from 2004 until 2010, which advises the Prime Minister on the remuneration of the senior civil service, judiciary and senior military
  • Member of the UK Government’s Asia Task Force

He provides advice to a range of Government Departments, which has included a report on Uninsured Driving in the UK for the previous Labour government Secretary of State for Transport.

His previous appointments include:

  • Non-Executive Director of the Nottingham Health Authority
  • Non-Executive Director of Queens Medical Centre Hospital Trust
  • elected member of the Council and Executive of the Royal Economic Society
  • Appointed Member of Council of the Economic and Social Research Council
  • Chair of the Panel in Economics and Econometrics for part of the 2008 RAE
  • Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Universitat Kiel
  • Advisor and Consultant to major international agencies, including The World Bank, OECD, WTO and United Nations
 

Teaching and Research

Professor Greenaway was the founding Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy and his research interests lie primarily in the fields of:

  • exporting and productivity
  • cross-border investment and international trade and economic development

Current projects include work on exports and productivity and spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI).

 
 

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