Chancellor

Professor Andy Haldane CBE, FRS

Professor Andy Haldane CBE, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England, is the ninth Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. He is a graduate of our University (BA Accounting & Financial Management and Economics 1988, Hon LittD 2018), and his exceptional career spanning academia, public service, and economics makes him an ideal fit for this prestigious ambassadorial role.

Andy is Founder and President of the charity Pro Bono Economics, Chair of the National Numeracy Leadership Council, Ambassador Patron of National Numeracy and Futures for All, Chair of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s Industrial Board, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Bradford Literature Festival and the South Yorkshire Mayor’s Economic Advisory Council. 

He is contributing editor at the Financial Times and Chief Economic Advisor at PwC. He was appointed Chair of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in September 2025. He will become President of the British Chambers of Commerce in February 2026. 

Among other positions, he is Honorary Professor at the Universities of Nottingham and Manchester, Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society of Arts. He has published over 150 academic articles and four books.

Andy was formerly the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Chief Economist at the Bank of England, member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, and Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet Office and Chair of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Council and the Levelling Up Advisory Council.

Previous Chancellors of the University of Sheffield

• 2015-2025 The Right Honourable Dame Anne Rafferty DBE
• 1999-2015 Sir Peter Middleton
• 1979-1997 Rt Hon The Lord Dainton of Hallam Moors
• 1959-1977 Rt Hon Richard (Rab) Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
• 1947-1959 Rt Hon The Earl of Halifax
• 1944-1947 Rt Hon The Earl of Harewood
• 1917-1944 The Most Hon The Marquess of Crewe
• 1905-1917 His Grace the 15th Duke of Norfolk