Sir David Greenaway DL (born 20 March 1952, Glasgow) is a British

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

. He is

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economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

and was previously the

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of the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

, having succeeded Sir Colin Campbell on 1 October 2008. In September 2016 he announced his decision to retire, and stepped down at the end of September 2017 with Shearer West succeeding Greenaway.

Education and career

After undergraduate and graduate studies at what is now Liverpool John Moores University and the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

respectively, he was a lecturer at what is now

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was tak ...

and later a professor at the

University of Buckingham , mottoeng = Flying on Our Own Wings , established = 1973; as university college1983; as university , type = Private , endowment = , administrative_staff = 97 academic, 103 support , chanc ...

, before joining the

in 1987. 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. 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 * Chair of the Shape of Training review for the General Medical Council, published in 2013. Greenaway was knighted in the

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for services to higher education. He also 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. Greenaway is also the director of the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, which he helped establish in 1998.

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School of Economics

About the Vice-Chancellor, The University of Nottingham
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenaway, David 1952 births Living people English economists Vice-Chancellors of the University of Nottingham Academics of De Montfort University Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University People from Nottingham People educated at Henry Mellish Grammar School Knights Bachelor Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire