Lord O'Neill of Gatley

     Chair of Northern Gritstone

     Lord O'Neill is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He is a member of the panel of Senior Advisors to Chatham House. Jim recently               became Chair of Northern Gritstone. 

His previous roles include, joint head of research at Goldman Sachs (1995–2000), its chief economist (2001–10) and chairman of its asset management division (2010–13); creator of the acronym BRIC; chair of the City Growth Commission (2014); chair of the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance [AMR] (2014-16); commercial secretary to the Treasury (2015-16).  He is a board member, and one of the founding trustees of educational charity SHINE.  

Lord O'Neill was created a life peer in 2015 and serves as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.  He is an honorary professor of economics, University of Manchester, and holds honorary degrees from the University of Sheffield, University of Manchester, University of London and from City University London. He received his PhD from the University of Surrey and is now a Visiting Professor there.