Bridget Rosewell

Bridget is one of the UK’s most influential economists, with a twenty year track record in advising public and private sector clients on key strategic issues. Her specialist expertise includes economic development, transport and agglomeration economics, development evaluation, infrastructure, forecasting, industry dynamics and competition as well as policy analysis related to these areas.

 

Bridget is Chairman of Volterra, providing intellectual leadership to our growing team as we continue to develop innovative new techniques for looking at the future and understanding risk and uncertainty.

 

From 2002 to 2008 Bridget was also the Consultant Chief Economist to the Greater London Authority, where she advised the Mayor of London on key economic issues which London faces. In this role, Bridget was also responsible for GLA Economics, which advises the Greater London Authority, Transport for London and the London Development Agency on economic matters. This work has included the employment forecasts which underpin the Mayor’s London Plan and the preparation of the evidence for the Case for London, the GLA’s input into the Spending Review 2004, as well as ongoing provision of advice on the economic impact of mayoral policies. In 2007, Bridget was named among the top 25 most influential figures in London by the Evening Standard. 

 

Bridget has previously founded and developed three successful consultancies, including Business Strategies Ltd which is now part of Experian. In her policy and advisory work, Bridget was one of the ‘Seven Wise Men’ who advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997, and has been since then an advisor to the Treasury Committee on Monetary Policy of the House of Commons. Bridget has also given evidence as an expert witness in a number of major competition cases as well as at several Planning Inquiries.

 

Since 1999 Bridget has been a Non Executive Director for Britannia Group where she is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee.  Bridget’s first degree was taken in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1974, followed by the MPhil in Economics in 1976, both at the University of Oxford.