Adair Turner
Formal First Name
Jonathan Adair (Adair)
Nick Name
Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
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Dates
10/5/1955 - present
Lord Adair Turner is currently the Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission. Prior to this, he was the Chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, where he remains a Senior Fellow. Lord Turner also chaired the Financial Services Authority, where he played an integral role in the post-crisis redesign of UK's global banking and shadow banking regulation. His career has spanned business, public policy, and academia. He is a frequent lecturer on global macroeconomic, social, and environmental developments.
Adair Turner Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chair
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Non-Executive Director
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Vice Chairman, Europe
Academic History
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Double First in History and Economics
- Lord Turner is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Studies.
- He is a Visiting Fellow at the People’s Bank of China School of Finance and Tsinghua University.
- He writes a monthly column for Project Syndicate, which appears in multiple newspapers across the world.
- He became a cross-bench member of the House of Lords in 2006.
- As a former Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, he was responsible for ensuring that the UK achieves an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
- He has held leadership in public policy: