Laura Tyson

Dean

London Business School

Day 3 Session 1

Mr. Laura D’Andrea Tyson has been Dean of London Business School since January 2002.  She was formerly Dean of the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.  Dr Tyson served in the Clinton  Administration from January 1993 to December 1996. Between February 1995 and December 1996 she served as the President’s National Economic Adviser and was the highest-ranking woman in the Clinton White House.  Dr Tyson was a key architect of President Clinton’s domestic and international policy agenda during his first term in office.  As the Administration’s top economic adviser she managed all economic policy-making throughout the executive branch. 

Dr Tyson has a summa cum laude undergraduate degree from Smith College (1969) and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974).  She is a member of the Boards of the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, Institute of International Economics, Eastman Kodak Company, Morgan Stanley Company, and SBC Communications Inc.  She is also an Economic Viewpoint columnist for Business Week magazine.