Andrew Graham

Andrew Graham (born 20 June 1942) is a British political economist. He is currently Executive Chair of the Europaeum 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, Oxford and of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Early life The son of the novelist Winston Graham, Andrew Graham was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, and attended Truro Cathedral School and then Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. Career On graduation, Andrew Graham joined the National Economic Development Office (1964) followed by the Department of Economic Affairs (1964–1966). From the DEA, he moved to No.10 as economic assistant to Thomas Balogh (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.