Howard Davies (economist)
Sir Howard Davies | |
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Davies in 2008 | |
| Chairman of NatWest Group | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1951 Prestbury, Cheshire, England |
| Spouse | Prue Keely |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Memorial University Merton College, Oxford Stanford Business School |
Sir Howard John Davies (born 12 February 1951) is a British historian and author, who was the chairman of NatWest Group and the former director of the London School of Economics.
He was the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Davies was chairman of the Phoenix Group and, until July 2015, chaired the UK Airports Commission. In February 2015, he was appointed chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, taking up the role from September 2015. RBS Group was renamed NatWest Group in 2020. In 2023, he came under immense scrutiny in reference to the Nigel Farage scandal. In April 2024 he stepped down stepped down as Chairman of NatWest Group on 15 April 2024, concluding his tenure after nearly nine years in the role.
Since 2011 he has been a professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, part of Sciences Po. He teaches master's courses on financial regulation and central banking.