Robert Chote

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Dame Sharon White
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(m. 1997)​
Sir
Robert Chote
Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Children2
Parent
Alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge
City University, London
Johns Hopkins University

Sir Robert William Chote (born 24 January 1968 [2] ) is a British economist and chair of the UK Statistics Authority. [3] [4] He was previously chairman of the Office of Budget Responsibility from 2010 to 2020. [5] [6]

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Education

Chote completed his secondary education at St Mary's College in Bitterne Park, Southampton. [7] In 1989, he graduated in economics from Queens' College, Cambridge (where he was president of the Cambridge University Social Democrats and, after the merger of the SDP with the Liberals, chair of the Cambridge University Social and Liberal Democrats). He then studied journalism at City University, London, and international public policy at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. [8] [9]

Career

Chote began his career as a reporter and columnist at The Independent and was named Young Financial Journalist of the Year in 1993 when working for the Independent on Sunday by the Wincott Foundation. He then moved to the Financial Times to become Economics Editor in 1995. [8]

From 1999 to 2002, he served as an adviser to the senior management of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., where he worked under Stanley Fischer and Anne Krueger. Chote was appointed director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies in October 2002. [8] He has also served as a member of the Statistics Advisory Committee of the Office for National Statistics.

In September 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Office of Budget Responsibility, succeeding Sir Alan Budd. This appointment was subject to Parliamentary approval, which was received. [10] He started as chairman on 4 October 2010. As of 2015, Chote was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. [11] He served two five-year terms and stepped down in 2020.

In March 2021, he began as the inaugural chair of the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council, which was established to provide independent scrutiny of the NI public finances. [12]

On 1 June 2022, Chote was appointed chairman of the UK Statistics Authority. [3] [4] Chote also has a position as a senior advisor at Francis Maude Associates, a consultancy set up by Francis Maude. [13]

In May 2024, Chote was appointed the next president of Trinity College, Oxford. He is expected to take up the position on 1 September 2025, succeeding Dame Hilary Boudling as the college's 29th president. [14]

Honours and awards

Chote was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to fiscal policy and the economy. [15]

Personal life

Since 1997, Chote has been married to Dame Sharon White, [16] [17] chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and previously the chief executive of Ofcom. The couple have two children. [18] He is the son of Olympic athlete Morville Chote.

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  2. ↑ "Robert Chote CV". UK Parliament. October 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Sir Robert Chote appointed as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority" (Press release). GOV.UK. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual". The London Gazette . HM Government. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022. The Queen has been pleased by Royal Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual dated 17 June 2022 to appoint Sir Robert William Chote, Knight, to be Chairman of the Statistics Board (otherwise known as the UK Statistics Authority) for a period of five years commencing on and from 1 June 2022 until and concluding on 31 May 2027.
  5. ↑ "Robert Chote to head Office for Budget Responsibility". BBC News. 9 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "Richard Hughes confirmed as the next Chair of the OBR". 15 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "St Mary's College – Southampton Private Day School". Stmaryscollege.co.uk. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Robert Chote". Institute for Fiscal Studies. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  9. ↑ Denny, Charlotte (13 March 2004). "Hack turns to crunch". The Guardian. London.
  10. ↑ Aldrick, Philip (17 September 2010). "Robert Chote tells MPs: open OBR to all parties". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  11. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 – GOV.UK". gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Fiscal Council and Fiscal Commission".
  13. ↑ "Sir Robert Chote". Francis Maude Associates. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sir Robert Chote Appointed Next President of Trinity College | Trinity College Oxford". trinity.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N2.
  16. ↑ McElwee, M (2000) The Great and the Good? The rise of the new class, p, 55. London: Centre for Policy Studies.
  17. ↑ "We've never seen public finances get so bad in such a short time". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  18. ↑ Plunkett, John (16 December 2014). "Sharon White – from Leyton schoolgirl to Ofcom leader". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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