Now in its second century, the Royal Economic Society is one of the oldest economic associations in the world. Currently it has over 3,000 individual members, of whom 60 per cent live outside the United Kingdom. It is a professional association which promotes the encouragement of the study of economic science in academic life, government service, banking, industry and public affairs.

Contents:

Structure of the Society
RES Council
Election to Membership of RES Council
Executive Committee
Main Activities
Annual Report of the Secretary-General
Annual Accounts
Join the RES

Structure of the Society

The governing body of the Society is the Council which consists of: President, Vice Presidents, Secretary-General, Treasurer, and 30 members (six elected annually by members to hold office for five years).

The Council meets once a year and delegates the day-to-day running of the Society to an Executive Committee consisting of: President, President-elect or immediate past President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Managing Editor of The Economic Journal, Managing Editor of The Econometrics Journal, Conference Committee Secretary, Publications Secretary, Chairman of CHUDE (Conference of Heads of University Departments of Economics), Chairperson of Women's Committee, and 4 Council members.

The Executive Committee is responsible for the formulation and execution of the Society's policy and for the coordination of the activities of its officers.

Proposed changes to Governance of the Society

RES Council

President: Professor R Blundell

Past President: Sir John Vickers

Vice-Presidents: Sir Tony Atkinson, Lord Burns, Sir P Dasgupta, F H Hahn, J M Hardie, Sir David Hendry, Sir James Mirrlees, S J Nickell, R Portes, P Rowlatt, A K Sen, A Silberston, J Sutton.

To hold office until AGM 2011:
R Griffith, J O'Neill, A Persaud, P Rice, K Rockett, J. Temple

To hold office until AGM 2012:
S Flanders, M H Pesaran, Lord Skidelsky, E Berglöf, J P Thomas, C Meghir

To hold office until AGM 2013:
C Giles, P A Grout, G Laroque, H Rey, D C Webb, H. Peyton Young

To hold office until AGM 2014:
S Burgess, N Crafts, S Dale, D Miles, M Stevens, C Waddams

To hold office until AGM 2015:
M Armstrong, K Blackburn, P Mason, D Ramsden, L Reichlin, P Wallace

Secretary-General: J Beath

Honorary Treasurer: M Robson

Election to Membership of RES Council

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Royal Economic Society is responsible, since 1975, for the formulation and execution of the Society's policy and for the coordination of the activities of its officers. Membership of the Executive Committee is as follows:

President: R Blundell
Immediate Past President: J Vickers
Secretary-General: J Beath
Honorary Treasurer: M Robson
Coordinating Managing Editor of The Economic Journal: A Scott
Coordinating Managing Editor of The Econometrics Journal: R J Smith
Publications Secretary: D Winch
Conference Committee Secretary (co-opted): G Myles
Chair of CHUDE (co-opted): N Rickman
Chairperson of Women's Committee: K Mumford

Council representatives:
C Meghir (2011); P Grout (2012); N Crafts (2014) and M. Armstrong (2015)

Main Activities

The activities of the Society fall broadly into five main groups:

• The advancement and dissemination of economic knowledge
• The exchange of ideas in the profession
• The training and support of younger members
• The provision of financial support where it is needed most
• Cooperation with international associations of economists