CEP Announcement:
Professor Brian Bell reappointed as chair of the Migration Advisory Committee
5 July 2023
Brian Bell has been reappointed as chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for a further three years.
Professor Bell, an associate in CEP’s labour market programme, was appointed chair of the MAC on 23 June 2020, following a period as interim chair.
The MAC is an independent public body sponsored by the Home Office that advises the government on migration issues.
Professor Bell, a professor of economics at King’s Business School within King’s College London, will start his new term on 1 September 2023.
Previous MAC chairs include Professor Alan Manning (2016-2020), co-director of the CEP’s community wellbeing programme, and Professor Sir David Metcalf (2007-2016), associate in the CEP’s labour market programme.