Dr Ruth Lea CBE

Dr Ruth Lea is Economic Adviser at Arbuthnot Banking Group and Co-Founder of Global Vision, having been Director of the Centre for Policy Studies between 2004 and 2007. Other previous roles include Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors (between 1995 and 2003), Economics Editor at ITN, Chief Economist at Mitsubishi Bank and Chief UK Economist at Lehman Brothers. She also spent 16 years in the Civil Service in the Treasury, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Central Statistical Office.