Sir Andrew Likierman

Professor Sir Andrew Likierman is Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School and was the School’s Dean from 2009 to 2017. Andrew’s career has included work in the public and private sectors, as well as in professional and academic life.

In the public sector he has worked in the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury, been Non-executive Chairman of the National Audit Office, a Director of the Bank of England and of many other organisations. In the private sector he ran a textile plant in Germany, has been non-executive Chairman of the market research firm MORI Ltd, the Economists’ Bookshop Group and a non-executive Director of Barclays Bank plc, insurance company Beazley plc, pharmaceutical company Clinuvel and Senior National Independent Non-executive Director of Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. He is currently a non-executive Director of Monument, a start-up bank.

In his professional capacity, Andrew has advised House of Commons Select Committees, has been a member of a number of official inquiries and chaired a government enquiry into professional liability. He was a member of the “Cadbury Committee” on corporate governance and was appointed by the previous Secretary-General as one of a group of 6 experts to review the oversight and governance of the United Nations.

Andrew has published a book and over 200 articles, mainly on public finance, the measurement of performance and, most recently, human judgement.  

Forthcoming publication:

JUDGEMENT AT WORK: Making Better Choices (Profile Books, 23rd Jan 2025)

Good judgement is crucial for successful managers and business leaders. It governs major decisions such as recruitment and project strategy, but also shapes company culture. But how do we know whom to trust? How much risk should we take, and how far should we rely on our intuition?

Andrew Likierman, a former dean of the London Business School and director of the Bank of England, has built a radical, wholly original six-part framework for developing and boosting sound judgement. Based on a lifetime of research and applied expertise, Likierman explains how to improve your judgement, from becoming a better decision-maker to identifying judgement in others - revealing extraordinary opportunities for improvement and success at both the personal and organisational level.