Andrew Dilnot

Sir Andrew William Dilnot
Sir Andrew Dilnot, Nov 2014
Born	(1960-06-19) 19 June 1960 (age 56)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Institution	University of Oxford
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford
Contributions	The Tiger That Isn't, The Numbers Game
Awards	CBE, Kt

Sir Andrew William Dilnot, CBE (born 19 June 1960) is a British economist and broadcaster. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002, and was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford between 2002 and 2012. As of September 2012 he is Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford. He took up post as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in April 2012.

Dilnot attended Olchfa School, a comprehensive school in Swansea. He studied PPE at St John's College, Oxford.

Dilnot was Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002.

Dilnot was a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s programme about statistics More or Less. Many of the items on the programme deal with the misuse and fabrication of statistics. Dilnot and Michael Blastland wrote The Tiger That Isn't, which was based on More or Less.

Dilnot became Principal of St Hugh's College in 2002, becoming the only principal of an Oxford College educated at a comprehensive school. He became a Pro Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 2005. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, Queen Mary, University of London, the Swansea Institute of Higher Education and the Institute of Actuaries, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from City University and the Open University.