Miatta Fahnbulleh (economist)

Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh (born September 1979)[1] is a Liberian-born British economist who is the Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation.[2][3]

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Born
Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh

September 1979 (age 44)
Liberia
Nationality
  • Liberian
  • British
Political partyLabour Party
Academic career
InstitutionNew Economics Foundation
FieldDevelopment economics
Public policy
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford (BA)
London School of Economics (MA, Ph.D.)

Early life and education

Born in Liberia to a Liberian father and a Sierra-Leonean mother, Fahnbulleh and her brother Gamal[4] fled with their family to the UK in 1986 at the onset of the First Liberian Civil War where they applied for asylum.[5]

Fahnbulleh attended Beechwood Sacred Heart School, an independent school in Tunbridge Wells.[5] After studying at Lincoln College, Oxford, she graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics and obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Development in 2005 from the London School of Economics.[6][5][7]

Fahnbulleh wrote her dissertation on the adoption of and success of industrial policy in Ghana and Kenya.[7]

Career

Fahnbulleh was the Head of Cities in the policy unit at the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013; the director of policy and research at the IPPR from December 2016 to November 2017; and since November 2017, she has been the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation.[5] She will be standing down from this role in January 2024.[8]

On 22 May 2022, Fahnbulleh was announced as a recipient of the MotheRED grant, which will provide funding for mothers to stand as parliamentary candidates for the Labour Party.[9] In September 2022, it was announced that she is standing to be the prospective parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham at the next general election.[10] The constituency will be an open seat, as Harriet Harman is standing down after 40 years as MP.[11] On 19 November 2022, she was selected as the candidate.[12]

Personal life

Fahnbulleh has three children.[9]

References
  1. "Miatta Nema FAHNBULLEH - Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)".
  2. "New Economics Foundation Appoints Miatta Fahnbulleh as New CEO". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. Jeraj, Samir (16 February 2022). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: Skill up to save the planet". New Statesman.
  4. "Sky News Daily - What does it mean to be black and British?".
  5. Foster, Dawn (31 October 2017). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: 'People's tolerance for an unfair economic model has hit a buffer'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. "Miatta Fahnbulleh". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. "The Elusive Quest for Industrialisation in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya, c1950-2000". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  8. "New Economics Foundation appoints Dr Danny Sriskandarajah as new Chief Exec | New Economics Foundation". New Economics Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  9. Creasy, Stella (22 May 2022). "The first 18 mothers who will receive a MotheRED grant to stand for selection". LabourList. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. Neame, Katie. "Camberwell and Peckham's next Labour candidate – runners and riders". LabourList. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. "Harriet Harman to step down after 40 years in parliament". The Guardian. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  12. Miatta Fahnbulleh [@Miatsf] (19 November 2022). "I'm absolutely elated to have been selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Camberwell & Peckham! Thank you to local party members, & all those who supported me because they want this community to have a national voice fighting for the big ideas that change our lives" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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