Dr. Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean at London Business School. His recent work has examined the causes of the financial crisis and what is likely to happen in the future, and what is next for the discipline of economics.

Professor Scott’s research focuses on macroeconomics, inflation, monetary economics, and fiscal and monetary policy. His work has been published in some of the world’s leading academic and practitioner journals. He is the co-author (with David Miles) of Macroeconomics: Understanding the Wealth of Nations, now in its second edition.

Both through executive education, and as a consultant, he has assisted a wide range of organisations - across a range of industries - and offered guidance to both CEOs and ministers. Professor Scott has a PhD from Oxford University. He is a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, as well as of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University. He was a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Services Authority (and Chair of Risk Committee) 2009-2013 and has been an economic advisor to HM Treasury, Bank of England, Department for International Development and the Office of Budget Responsibility.

Professor of Economics; Chair, PhD Programme, BA (Yale), PhD (Stanford)

Professor Jean-Pierre Benoît is an expert in microeconomics, industrial organisation, game theory, and law and economics. His research has been published in leading economics, political science and law journals, and encompasses a range of subjects, including: auctions, voting theory, dynamic competition, entry deterrence and overconfidence. Before joining the School, as Professor of Economics and Chair of the PhD Committee, he was Professor of Economics and Professor of Law at New York University.

Professor Ziv was on the faculty of Yale School of Organization and Management, on the faculty of Columbia Business School and on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) (where he also founded and headed the executive education unit) before rejoining Columbia Business School as a Vice Dean and a Professor of Accounting. Professor Ziv also serves on the editorial board of the Review of Accounting Studies since 1997.

Professor Ziv teaches Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting in MBA, Executive MBA, various Executive Education programs, and in Doctoral programs. He taught in Executive Development programs for, among others, Goldman Sachs, Paine Webber, Philip Morris, and Lafarge. His research deals with the effects of accounting regimes and alternatives on economic environments, and is important to the understanding of accounting institutions and phenomena. Specifically, he deals with the role of accounting information in organizational design, financial disclosure, performance evaluation, auditing, product quality, and information transmission among strategic players.