An
academic with significant public policy experience, he has published research
in areas including the determinants of public sector pay. His other public role
is as a member of the House of Commons Speakers Committee for Independent
Parliamentary Standards Authority. He is a Fellow and Director of Studies in
Economics at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Director of Studies in
Economics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Professor Emeritus at Dundee
University.
Prof
Chatterji was previously Chair of the National Joint Council of UK Fire and
Emergency Services (the pay negotiating body) and a member of the School
Teachers’ Review Body which makes recommendations to the Prime Minister and
Secretary of State for Education and Skills on pay and conditions, and also
governance arrangements for school teachers and head teachers in England and
Wales. He was also previously a member of the Economists Group, Office of
Manpower Economics, considering cross-cutting issues on pay in the public
sector.