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Will Hutton

Will Hutton is executive vice chair of The Work Foundation, regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media. Will is today one of the pre-eminent economics commentators in the UK.

He began his career in the city, as a stockbroker and investment analyst before moving to the BBC, where he worked both on radio, as a producer and reporter, and on TV as economics correspondent for Newsnight. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor-in-chief of The Observer, for which he continues to write a weekly column. He also regularly contributes to The Guardian and the Financial Times.

Outside The Work Foundation, Will is a governor of the London School of Economics. He is also a member of the Scott Trust board, and a fellow of the Sunningdale Institute. In 2004, Will was invited by the European Commission to join a High Level Group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy and act as its ‘rapporteur’ for the final report. He is currently the chair of the Commission on Ownership which is examining to what extent and how ownership matters which is due to deliver its findings in autumn 2011. He also chaired the Public Sector Fair Pay Review, which published its final report in March 2011.