Professor Brian Bell
Biography
Professor Brian Bell is the Chair of the MAC.
He is a professor of economics at King’s Business School, a faculty of King’s College London (KCL). He joined KCL in 2017, following 4 years as an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Oxford University and a tutorial fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He is a research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and a trustee of the Nuffield Foundation.
Professor Bell is a leading labour economist who is widely published, and his work on immigration has included papers examining the progress of immigrants in the labour market in the UK, and the impact of immigration on crime in the UK. He has also worked extensively outside academia, including at the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund, and in a number of financial companies in the UK.
He has previously served as a member of the Police and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Bodies.
Professor Bell was initially appointed as Chair in July 2020 and was reappointed for a second term in September 2023 until August 2026.