Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli is a distinguished economist and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, a position he held from 2009 to 2025. He previously served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University from 2007 to 2009.

Sir Anton’s academic career has focused on macroeconomics, monetary economics, fiscal policy, central bank independence and international finance. He has advised a range of national and international organisations, including the European Commission, the World Bank and the UK House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, and has held several advisory roles with the UK and Scottish governments.

He served as Chair of the Russell Group from 2017 to 2020 and was knighted in 2017 for services to economics and higher education. Sir Anton is currently a Distinguished Honorary Professor in the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, and is the current President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.