Andrew John Scott is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at London Business School,[1] known for his work on longevity and macroeconomics.

Scott was born in 1965 in Enfield, London and was educated at Firs Farm Primary School and Haberdashers' Aske’s, Elstree.

He attended Trinity College, Oxford where he graduated with a first with prizes in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1987.

[3] The first half of his academic career focused on business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy and debt management but since the popular success of his book The 100 Year Life his academic, policy and advisory work has been in the area of longevity and ageing.

Alongside his academic career Scott has been a non-executive director for the UK’s Financial Services Authority and an advisor on monetary and fiscal policy to the House of Commons, the Bank of England, and H.M.Treasury.