Miatta Fahnbulleh (economist)

Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh (born September 1979)[1] is a Liberian-born British economist who is the Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation.[2][3]

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Born
Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh

September 1979 (age 43)
Liberia
Nationality
  • Liberian
  • British
Political partyLabour Party
InstitutionNew Economics Foundation
FieldDevelopment economics
Public policy
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford (BA)
London School of Economics (MA, Ph.D.)

Early life and education

Born in Liberia to a Liberian father and a Sierra-Leonean mother, Fahnbulleh and her brother Gamal[4] fled with their family to the UK in 1986 at the onset of the First Liberian Civil War where they applied for asylum.[5]

Fahnbulleh attended Beechwood Sacred Heart School, an independent school in Tunbridge Wells.[5] After studying at Lincoln College, Oxford, she graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in PPE and obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Development in 2005 from the London School of Economics.[6][5][7]

Fahnbulleh wrote her dissertation on the adoption of and success of industrial policy in Ghana and Kenya.[7]

Career

Fahnbulleh was the Head of Cities in the policy unit at the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013; the director of policy and research at the IPPR from December 2016 to November 2017; and since November 2017, she has been the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation.[5]

On 22 May 2022, Fahnbulleh was announced as a recipient of the MotheRED grant, which will provide funding for mothers to stand as parliamentary candidates for the Labour Party.[8] In September 2022, it was announced that she is standing to be the prospective parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham at the next general election.[9] The constituency will be an open seat, as Harriet Harman is standing down after 40 years as MP.[10] On 19 November 2022, she was selected as the candidate.[11]

Personal life

Fahnbulleh has three children.[8]

References
  1. "Miatta Nema FAHNBULLEH - Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)".
  2. "New Economics Foundation Appoints Miatta Fahnbulleh as New CEO". Retrieved 2 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Jeraj, Samir (16 February 2022). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: Skill up to save the planet". New Statesman.
  4. "Sky News Daily - What does it mean to be black and British?".
  5. Foster, Dawn (31 October 2017). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: 'People's tolerance for an unfair economic model has hit a buffer'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. "Miatta Fahnbulleh". Retrieved 2 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "The Elusive Quest for Industrialisation in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya, c1950-2000". Retrieved 1 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Creasy, Stella (22 May 2022). "The first 18 mothers who will receive a MotheRED grant to stand for selection". LabourList. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. Neame, Katie. "Camberwell and Peckham's next Labour candidate – runners and riders". LabourList. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. "Harriet Harman to step down after 40 years in parliament". The Guardian. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  11. Miatta Fahnbulleh [@Miatsf] (19 November 2022). "I'm absolutely elated to have been selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Camberwell & Peckham! Thank you to local party members, & all those who supported me because they want this community to have a national voice fighting for the big ideas that change our lives" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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