Adam Yousef is Head of Economics at the Greater London Authority, the governing authority for the Greater London region in the UK. He leads the delivery of evidence-based policies to shape London’s economic priorities. Previously, he headed the quantitative modelling team at the Government of Ontario, Canada, where he supported COVID-19 recovery programmes and fiscal policy development. During his PhD, he advised the European Commission on fostering growth and prosperity in the EU’s neighbouring regions.
Adam is also a Policy Fellow at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Strategy Board of Chief Economists and Heads of Profession at the UK’s Government Economic Service. He holds a PhD in Political Economy from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the London School of Economics.