Linda Yueh

Dr Linda Yueh CBE is Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School. She is an Associate Fellow (U.S. and the Americas Programme) at Chatham House.  She was awarded CBE for Services to Economics in the 2023 New Year Honours List.  

Yueh is a Member of the UK Soft Power Council and Executive Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society. She holds Non-Executive Director roles at three FTSE 100 companies—Rentokil Initial, SEGRO, and Standard Chartered (where she chairs the Culture and Sustainability Committee). She also chairs Baillie Gifford’s The Schiehallion Fund and advises Greene King. Yueh is a Trustee of the Fidelity UK and International Foundations and serves on several LSE advisory boards, including LSE IDEAS and the Centre for Economic Performance. She’s also a Member of The Bretton Woods Committee and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

Linda Yueh is a prolific author with 11 books to her name as either writer or editor, and she serves as the Editor of the Routledge Economic Growth and Development book series. Among her notable works are The Great Crashes, The Great Economists, and What Would the Great Economists Do? 

In addition to her writing, Yueh is a familiar face and voice on television and radio. She has presented programmes for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and has hosted BBC TV series including The New Middle Class, Next Billionaires, and Working Lives. Her previous roles include Chief Business Correspondent for BBC News and host of Talking Business with Linda Yueh on BBC World TV and the BBC News Channel. She also served as Economics Editor and anchor at Bloomberg TV.

Linda Yueh has held numerous prominent academic, advisory, and board roles. She was a Visiting Professor at LSE and Peking University, chaired the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission, and advised the UK Treasury and Board of Trade. Her advisory work includes institutions like the World Bank, European Commission, and World Economic Forum. She served as a Non-Executive Director for several LSE-listed companies, including Fidelity China Special Situations and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. Yueh has also contributed to organisations such as London First, OMFIF, the BCC, and multiple charitable foundations. Earlier in her career, she practiced law at Paul, Weiss., Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.