Will Hutton — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as President of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2021.
Was Principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford, from 2011 to 2020.
Authored best-selling books including 'The State We’re In' (1995) and 'The World We’re In' (2000).
Served as Economics Editor for BBC's Newsnight and The Guardian, and Editor-in-Chief of The Observer.
Chaired government commissions on public sector pay (2011) and the creative industries (2007).
Co-Chairs The Purposeful Company and is a Non-Executive Director at Satellite Applications Catapult.
Holds a BSocSc in Sociology and Economics from the University of Bristol and an MBA from INSEAD.

Biography

Will Hutton is an English political economist, author, and academic. He currently serves as President of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2021, Co-Chair of The Purposeful Company since 2015, and holds associate positions at the Oxford Martin School and the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance since 2020. He is also a regular columnist for The Observer.

Hutton began his career in the City as an equity salesman before moving into media.