Anna Leach
Chief Economist

Anna is Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors and has held this role since June 2024.
She also sits on the steering committee for the Royal Economic Society Women in Economics Network, which seeks to support the career development of women in economics, where she’s responsible for partnerships She is also on the steering group for the Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing. Before joining the IoD, Anna was Deputy Chief Economist at the CBI, leading workstreams across macroeconomics, surveys and consulting and she has also worked in the Government Economic Service, in HM Treasury and DWP.
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