Angus Knowles-Cutler

Angus Knowles-Cutler (born 1 September 1962) is a British businessman and politician.[1] He is currently vice-Chairman and London office managing partner at Deloitte,[2][3] councilman representing Castle Baynard, London, and holds a number of other business leadership roles in London. He is known for his studies on the impact of technological advances on the UK labour market.[4]

Angus Knowles-Cutler
Born1 September 1962
Bradford
NationalityBritish
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Vice-chairman, deloitte
management consulting
mergers and acquisitions
Years active1985–present

Early life and education

Knowles-Cutler was born in Bradford on 1 September 1962, the son of Charles Knowles and Joyce (née Bradbury).[1] He attended Bedford Modern School,[1] and Luton Sixth Form College before receiving a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1985 with an MA in History.[5] He also studied in Osaka, Japan from 1987 to 1988 as a Monbusho scholar.[6]

Career

Angus Knowles-Cutler worked at Bain & Company, KPMG and Ernst & Young before joining Deloitte in 2001. He has served as vice-chairman of Deloitte since 2015 and was appointed chairman of Deloitte's UK-China practice in 2016.[7][8] He leads Deloitte's M&A transactions practice, as well as the London Futures programme, focusing on regional economic growth.[9]

He is currently commissioner of the London Skills Commission.[6] In December 2016, he was appointed to the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) by London mayor Sadiq Khan,[10] and currently serves as deputy chair.[6]

Knowles-Cutler has served the City of London as a councilman since April 2017, representing Castle Baynard.[6]

He has lectured on mergers and acquisition at a number of business schools including London Business School and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai.

Works and awards

He coauthored a 2014 report in the UK Futures Programme, Agiletown: the relentless march of technology and London’s response.[11][12]

Knowles-Cutler was a primary contributor to the 2015 report, From brawn to brains: The impact of technology on jobs in the UK discussing the impact of technology, automation, artificial intelligence and robotics on the future of the British workplace, and the economic, social and political implications.[13] This report received the Management Consultancies Association's 2017 award for Best Use of Thought Leadership.[14]

See also

References
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  3. Hutchison, Clare (15 September 2015). "The robots are coming and they're taking Londoners' jobs BUT we'll be better off, study finds". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. Tovey, Alan (10 November 2014). "Ten million jobs at risk from advancing technology: Up to 35pc of Britain's jobs will be eliminated by new computing and robotics technology over the next 20 years, say experts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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  6. "Angus Knowles-Cutler". City of London. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. Feng Shuang, ed. (3 February 2017). "ChinaUK 'Golden Era' on fast track". China News Service. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. "Angus Knowles-Cutler". Deloitte. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. "Angus Knowles-Cutler". 2015 Global Leadership Summit. London Business School. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  10. "Mayor announces new board to support business, jobs and growth". City of London. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  11. "Agiletown: the relentless march of technology and London's response-London Futures". Deloitte. November 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. Smith, Oliver (15 September 2015). "Robots aren't stealing our jobs, yet". The Memo. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  13. "From brawn to brains: The impact of technology on jobs in the UK: report". Deloitte. 2015.
  14. "Best Use of Thought Leadership: Deloitte-'Future of work' thought leadership series" (PDF). Management Consultancies Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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