Andrew Graham (born 20 June 1942)
is a British political economist. He is currently Executive Chair of the
Europaeum
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and Chair of the Academic Council of the Europaeum, Senior Fellow of the
Oxford Internet Institute, Trustee of
Reprieve, and an Honorary Fellow of
Balliol College
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, Oxford and of
St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Early life
The son of the novelist
Winston Graham
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, Andrew Graham was born in
Perranporth, Cornwall, and attended
Truro Cathedral School and then
Charterhouse
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, Godalming, Surrey. He read
Philosophy, Politics and Economics at
St Edmund Hall,
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
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.
Career
On graduation, Andrew Graham joined the
National Economic Development Office
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(1964) followed by the
Department of Economic Affairs (1964–1966). From the DEA, he moved to No.10 as economic assistant to
Thomas Balogh
Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (2 November 190520 January 1985), born Balog Tamás, was a British economist and member of the House of Lords.
The elder son of a wealthy Budapest Jewish family (his father was head of public transport, his mother ...
(1966–1967), then Economic Advisor to the Harold Wilson cabinet. In 1967, Andrew Graham became economic adviser to the Prime Minister (1967–1969) and from 1969 to 1997 he was Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1974, Andrew Graham returned to the
No 10 Policy Unit as Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson (1974–1976). In 1988, he became chief economic advisor to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Leader of the Labour Party,
John Smith MP. He held this position until Smith's death in 1994.
In 1997, he was appointed Acting Master of Balliol and subsequently elected as Master of Balliol (2001–2011). He was an elected member of the Oxford University Council (2006-2011).
In 2001, he raised £15 million and founded the
Oxford Internet Institute – the first multidisciplinary research centre at a major university examining the effects on society of the Internet. In 2003, Oxford University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law. In 2010, he set up the Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute. During Andrew Graham's tenure as Master, Balliol substantially improved its overall finances, extended its fundraising, and in 2008 combined its students obtaining the most first class degrees in finals, with the men's rowing team competing in the
Head of the River Race
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– a feat matched by the women's team in 2011. He stood down as Master of Balliol on 1 October 2011.
He was Acting Warden of
Rhodes House
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(2012–2013) and a
Rhodes Foundation Trustee (2013–2016). Other posts, include: member of the media advisory committee of the
Institute for Public Policy Research
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(1994–97), Board Member
Channel 4 Television
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(1998–2005), consultant to the
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(1989–1992) writing extensively on the case for public service broadcasting, Trustee of the
'', based on his father's novel cycle. At the Europaeum he has led a major restructuring, including increasing the number of full member universities from eleven in 2016 to seventeen in 2019, raising the regular income by more than 70 percent and launching a Europaeum Scholarship Programme.
He is a passionate windsurfer. He is married to Peggotty.