Rachel Griffith

Dame Rachel Susan Griffith DBE FBA FAcSS (born 16 May 1963) is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Griffith was president of the European Economic Association for 2015, making her the first woman to hold the position. She was also joint managing editor of The Economic Journal between 2011 and 2017.

Griffith holds both UK and US citizenship.