Misplaced Pages

Rain Newton-Smith

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
British business executive
Rain Newton-Smith
BornJune 1975 (age 49)
EducationUniversity of Oxford
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)Director General, Confederation of British Industry
TermApril 2023 – present
PredecessorTony Danker
Children4
ParentWilliam Newton-Smith

Rain Newton-Smith (born 1975) is the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) after being appointed in April 2023. She was the CBI's chief economist from August 2014 to March 2023.

Early life

Rain Newton-Smith is the daughter of Canadian-born Oxford philosopher William Newton-Smith (1943–2023) and his first wife Dorris Heffron.

Newton-Smith earned a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Career

Newton-Smith spent nine years at the Bank of England where she prepared global forecast reports for the central bank's rate-setting committee. She went on to lead the emerging markets division at the Oxford Economics consultancy specialising in the Chinese economy. Newton-Smith previously held a position advising the UK executive director at the International Monetary Fund.

Newton-Smith was previously chief economist of the CBI, where she served from August 2014 until March 2023. In that role, The Guardian described her as a "vocal commentator on the struggles faced by businesses after the pandemic".

She left the CBI in March 2023 and took up a post at Barclays as a managing director to lead the bank's environmental, social, and corporate governance policy. After the dismissal of Tony Danker in early April 2023 following complaints of misconduct, Newton-Smith was appointed as the CBI's new Director General.

Personal life

Newton-Smith is married with four daughters. She lives in Oxfordshire.

References

  1. ^ Isaac, Anna; Partridge, Joanna (11 April 2023). "CBI dismisses director general Tony Danker after conduct complaints". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Partridge, Joanna (2023-04-11). "The 'reformed economist': who is the new chief tasked with saving the CBI?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  3. "W. H. Newton-Smith Obituary". The Globe and Mail. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Rain Newton-Smith named as CBI Director-General". CBI (Press release). 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ Partridge, Joanna (11 April 2023). "The 'reformed economist': who is the new chief tasked with saving the CBI?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ^ Nachiappan, Arthi. "Who is Rain Newton-Smith? New CBI director making a swift return". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 21 April 2023.


Business positions
Preceded byTony Danker Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
2023–present 		Incumbent
Categories: