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
Executive Committee
Main Activities
Annual Report of the Secretary-General
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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 twice 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 Committee on Women in Economics, 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.

RES Council

President: Sir John Vickers

Vice-Presidents: Sir Tony Atkinson, Sir Kenneth Berrill, Sir Terence Burns, Sir P Dasgupta, F H Hahn, J M Hardie, D F Hendry, R C O Matthews, J A Mirrlees, S J Nickell, A K Sen, Z A Silbertson, J Sutton.

To hold office until AGM 2009:
D Begg, J Darby, R Fernandez, K Roberts, M Slade, S Wadhwani

To hold office until AGM 2010:
O Attanasio, W Carlin, A Fletcher, H McRae, M B Stewart, M Wickens

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

To hold office until AGM 2012:
S Flanders, M H Pesaran, R 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, P Young

Secretary-General: J Beath

Honorary Treasurer: M Robson

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: J Vickers
Immediate Past President: J Sutton
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): R Naylor
Chair of CHUDE (co-opted): N Rickman
Chairperson of Committee on Women in Economics: J Humphries

Council representatives:
J Darby (until 2009); M Wickens (until 2010); C Meghir (2011); P Grout (2012)

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