Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, former advisor to the UK Government on the Economics of Climate Change and Development, former World Bank Chief Economist , Head of the Stern review.
From 2005-2007 he was adviser to the UK Government on the Economics of Climate Change and Development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Head of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. He was also Head of the Government Economic Service, 2003-2007; Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty´s Treasury, 2003-2005; and, Director of Policy and Research for the Prime Minister´s Commission for Africa, 2004-2005. From 2000-2003, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics. From 1994 until late 1999, he was Chief Economist and Special Counsellor to the President European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
