Institute of Directors appoints former Labour MP Kitty Ussher as its second female chief economist
Kitty Ussher has been appointed the Institute of Directors’s first female chief economist
One of the UK’s oldest professional bodies has appointed a female chief economist for the second time in its history.
Kitty Ussher will take the role at the Institute of Directors, joining from cross party think-tank Demos.
It is not the first time the Institute of Directors – founded in 1903 – has had a female chief economist with Ruth Lea holding the prestigious role between 1995 to 2003.
Ussher has experience of public life, having served as Labour MP for Burnley between 2005 and 2010.
She was also Treasury minister during the financial crisis, in Gordon Brown’s government.
She said: ‘I have long been aware of the value of the Institute, going back to my time in government.’