Sanjiv Mahajan is currently Head of International Strategy and Coordination, leading the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) inputs to a range of economic statistics related international work. Sanjiv is recognised internationally as an expert in National Accounts and Input-Output.

Sanjiv gained a BSc Honours Degree in Mathematics from Royal Holloway College, University of London before working in the private sector (as a stockbroker and a retail manager) and then the public sector. Sanjiv joined the then ONS in 1988 and has developed a unique blend of knowledge and experience gained over many years of National Accounts practical compilation, conceptual development, pushing through EU statistical legislation and leading the introduction of many new initiatives improving UK economic statistics. Sanjiv has produced, and contributed significantly to, numerous economic-based articles, technical papers and products produced within the ONS, and outside the ONS, for example, by other government departments, regional and international statistical offices, European Commission (particularly, Eurostat and the European Central Bank), OECD, UNECE, academics, researchers, economists, analysts, and the media. Sanjiv has been elected to various notable posts, examples include:

• Council Member of the IIOA since 2012, and became one of the two Vice-Presidents in 2018 – in both cases, the first ever person from the UK Statistical Office.
• Member of the OECD Bureau of National Accounts - first ever person from the UK Statistical Office.
• Member of the United Nations Advisory Expert Group (AEG) on National Accounts.

Sanjiv was the Chief Editor of the new UN Handbook on Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables with Extensions and Applications (over 600 pages) published in 2018.

Professor Karen Turner is Director of the Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) at the University of Strathclyde. Karen’s main research interests lie in developing multiple sector economy-wide models to explore whether ‘the macroeconomic case’ can be made for policy support of range of low carbon energy policy solutions, with current focus on energy efficiency, hydrogen and CCS. This involves using both computable general equilibrium (CGE) and Input-Output (I-O) methods. Karen’s recent I-O work has included several projects (funded by RCUK and others, and both industry and academic collaborations) resulting in high profile papers and reports considering potential multiplier impacts of uptake of electric vehicles, CCS and enhanced oil recovery.

In her role as Director of CEP, Karen also coordinates a range of policy engagement activities involving researchers from Strathclyde and other institutions, including the CEP ‘Energy Conversations’ series, and leads the new ‘Economy, Society and Policy’ theme of the Scottish Energy Technology Partnership.

Graeme Roy is Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute since May 2016. Graeme is responsible for the overall strategy and outputs of the Institute. Graeme was previously a former Head of the First Minister's Policy Unit and a Senior Economic Adviser in the Scottish Government working there for over eight years.

Graeme’s research interests are in economic and fiscal policy and Graeme leads on the Fraser's engagement with business and the policy community.

Sandy Stewart is currently Head of National Accounts in the Scottish Government, responsible for producing Scotland’s quarterly GDP estimates, quarterly National Accounts, annual public sector finances statistics, and the annual Supply and Use Tables and Input-Output Tables.

Sandy’s long history of working with Input-Output Tables started in 1990, when Sandy was responsible for compiling the 1989 Input-Output Tables for Scotland (the third set, following earlier tables in 1973 and 1979), which were published in 1993. Also, advising on this project were some legends of the UK Input-Output world: Professor Jim McGilvray, Professor Iain McNicoll and Robyn Lynch of the then ONS.

In 2008, Sandy launched the Scottish National Accounts Project (SNAP) – an ambitious project to attempt to compile experimental consistent National Accounts for Scotland’s onshore economy for each year from 1998. These estimates are now official statistics and sit at the heart of Scotland’s economic statistics system – a major achievement.

Between 2013 and 2016, the Scottish Government loaned Sandy to the UK Statistics Authority, where Sandy headed its Monitoring Programme, to Police Scotland to advise on its compilation of recorded crime statistics, and to the Improvement Service to set up a local areas deprivation model for community planning purposes.

Sandy then returned to the Scottish Government in 2016 to lead the National Accounts team.