Sir Robert William Chote was born on 24 January 1968 and is a British economist and chair of the UK Statistics Authority.
15 Facts About Robert Chote
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Robert Chote was previously chairman of the Office of Budget Responsibility from 2010 to 2020.
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Robert Chote then studied journalism at City University, London, and international public policy at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
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Robert Chote began his career as a reporter and columnist at The Independent and was named Young Financial Journalist of the Year in 1993 when working for the Independent on Sunday by the Wincott Foundation.
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Robert Chote then moved to the Financial Times to become Economics Editor in 1995.
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Robert Chote was appointed director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies in October 2002.
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Robert Chote has served as a member of the Statistics Advisory Committee of the Office for National Statistics.
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Robert Chote served two five-year terms and stepped down in 2020.
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On 1 June 2022, Robert Chote was appointed chairman of the UK Statistics Authority.
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Robert Chote has a position as a senior advisor at Francis Maude Associates, a consultancy set up by Francis Maude.
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In May 2024, Robert Chote was appointed the next president of Trinity College, Oxford.
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Robert Chote is expected to take up the position on 1 September 2025, succeeding Dame Hilary Boudling as the college's 29th president.
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Robert Chote was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to fiscal policy and the economy.
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Since 1997, Robert Chote has been married to Dame Sharon White, the former chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and previously the chief executive of Ofcom.
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Robert Chote is the son of Olympic athlete Morville Chote.