Jim O‘Neill

Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development,

Jim was a Visiting Research Fellow to Bruegel. He conducted research on aspects of changing global trade, global governance, and measuring better and targeting higher sustainable economic growth.

Lord Jim O’Neill is Chair of Chatham House. His previous roles include Joint Head of Research (1995–2000), Chief Economist (2001–2010) and Chairman of the Asset Management Division (2010–2013) at Goldman Sachs; creator of the acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China); Chair of the City Growth Commission (2014); Chair of the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (2014–2016); and Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (2015–2016). He is a board member and a founding trustee of the educational charity SHINE. Lord O’Neill was made a Life Peer in 2015 and serves as a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He is an honorary professor of economics at the University of Manchester (United Kingdom) and holds honorary degrees from the University of Sheffield, University of Manchester, University of London and from City University London (United Kingdom). He received his doctorate from the University of Surrey (United Kingdom), where he is now a visiting professor.

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