Philip Booth (economist)
British economist (born 1964)
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Early life and education
Booth graduated from Durham University (Hatfield College), with a 2:1 degree in economics. He then received a PhD from City University London.
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Career
Booth began his career in the investment department of Axa Equity and Law, where he worked from 1985 to 1988. He began working at City University, initially in the Department of Actuarial Science and Statistics. He served as head of the Department of Real Estate Finance and Investment from 2000 to 2001 and subsequently as associate dean of City University Business School (now Bayes Business School). From 1999 to 2002, he was also a special adviser to the Bank of England on financial stability.
During the 1990s, Booth was also involved in projects to develop actuarial education and the actuarial profession in Central and Eastern Europe. He was the Conservative Party candidate for Houghton and Washington East at the 1997 United Kingdom general election, finishing second to the Labour candidate Fraser Kemp.
Booth joined the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in 2002, serving as its academic and research director until 2016. He was vice-chairman of the Public Sector Pensions Commission, established in 2009 by the IEA, the Institute of Directors and other organisations to examine public-sector pensions. The commission published its final report in July 2010.
In 2015, Booth was appointed professor of finance, public policy and ethics at St Mary's University, Twickenham. He has since been director of research and public engagement, dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and director of Catholic mission. He is currently professor of Catholic social thought and public policy at the university.
Booth became a member of the Mont Pelerin Society in 2007. He was a fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford from 2010 to 2011. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Royal Statistical Society, and an honorary member of the Society of Actuaries of Poland.