Stefan Dercon

Stefan Nicolaas Dercon, CMG, is a Belgian-British economist and a professor of economic policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also the director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies.

In 2018, the Queen awarded him as an Honorary Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to economics and international development. In 2021, because he also acquired British nationality, his honour was converted into a substantive one.