Douglas Francis McWilliams (born 24 November 1951)[1] is a British economic consultant, specializing in forecasting and the technology sector.
After holding senior positions with IBM and the Confederation of British Industry, in 1992 he won a Sunday Times award and founded the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
[4] He was the Gresham College Professor of Commerce in 2012–14,[5] lecturing on the economic impact of globalisation,[6] and was succeeded by Jagjit Chadha.
[6] As of 2022, McWilliams is Deputy Chairman of CEBR, a member of the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Economic Adviser to the Chartered Institute of Marketing,[4] and a member of the Advisory board of e-Propelled, a US company which makes electric motors for pumps and vehicles.
[9] In 1979, he married Ianthe Wright, whom he met on the river bank while cheering on Oxford in the Boat Race.