Professor Anna Valero

Anna Valero is a Professor in Practice and Director of the Growth Programme at the Centre for Economic Performance; Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute. She was a member of the Steering Group of the Resolution Foundation-CEP Economy 2030 Inquiry, funded by the Nuffield Foundation; and a Research Director for the LSE Growth Commission.

Anna completed her PhD in Economics at the LSE in 2018, having started her career in Deloitte audit and economic consulting.

Anna is currently serving as Industrial Strategy Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, having served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in HM Treasury in 2024-25. She has previously held a number of advisory roles for the UK government and policy institutions, including membership of the previous Chancellor's Economic Advisory Council, the Office for Budget Responsibility Advisory Panel, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Economic Advisory Council, the Green Jobs Delivery group, the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Organisational Landscape Review Sounding Board, BEIS R&D Places Advisory Group, and National Leadership Centre (Cabinet Office) Research Expert and Academic Advisory Panel. She is a member of the Royal Economic Society Council for the period 2024-2029.

Her research is focused on the drivers of productivity and innovation in firms and regions, and in particular the role of skills and universities in explaining differences in economic performance. She also works on UK growth policy more broadly, with a particular focus on policies for environmentally sustainable and inclusive growth.