词条 | Alasdair Smith |
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BiographyEarly lifeSmith was born on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland in 1949. He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow, the London School of Economics and Oxford University. CareerHe taught for 9 years at the London School of Economics before becoming a Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex in 1981, and becoming Vice-Chancellor in 1998. While Vice-Chancellor, he restructured the University, and helped create the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. His pro-top-up fees stance resulted in the student union at the University of Sussex calling for a vote of no-confidence in his leadership in a student election in February 2003. There was also controversy over his proposal in 2006 to restructure the Chemistry department at Sussex. He announced in November 2006 that he was to stand down at the end of August 2007. His successor, Professor Michael Farthing, took over as Vice-Chancellor on 1 September 2007, while Smith remained at Sussex as a research professor of Economics. He was a member of the Prison Service Pay Review Body from 2001 to 2004; and of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body from 2007 to 2010. In March 2010, he became Chair of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body and a member of the Senior Salaries Review Body. In 2013, there was [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9931534/David-Cameron-sacks-adviser-in-row-over-Armed-Forces-pay.html controversy] when his appointment as Chair of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body was not renewed for a second term. He has been a member of the Determinations Panel of The Pensions Regulator since 2011.[1] At the Competition Commission, his cases included the proposed Barr-Britvic merger, the takeover by Eurotunnel of SeaFrance ferries, and a market investigation into Private Motor Insurance. At the CMA, he chaired a market investigation into Retail Banking.[2] Personal lifeHe is married to Sherry Ferdman. References1. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Addison |first1=Rachel |title=Regulators shake up decision committees |url=https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2018/12/14/regulators-shake-up-decision-committees/ |accessdate=13 March 2019 |work=FT Adviser |date=14 December 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Alasdair}}2. ^{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Caitlin |title=CMA banking review pushes up banks' share prices |url=http://www.cityam.com/247130/competition-and-markets-authority-cma-releases-report |accessdate=13 March 2019 |work=City AM |date=9 August 2016}} 7 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|People from the Isle of Lewis|Scottish economists|Alumni of the London School of Economics|Alumni of the University of Oxford|Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex |
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