Former 'rising star central banker' to speak at Cork event to solve big issues of our time

Once described as a ‘rising star central banker’, Andy Haldane has changed tack and is now spearheading a global community of changemakers, writes Eoin English

Andy Haldane, chief executive of the RSA, has said the Occupy movement protestors were right to criticise the financial sector.

A former chief economist with the Bank of England once described as a “rising star central banker”, and later listed by Time magazine as amongst the world’s 100 most influential people, Andy Haldane, is a man on a mission, spearheading a global community of changemakers who want to solve the big challenges of our time.

As the new chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, he is preparing to visit Ireland on Saturday for his first overseas event since taking up the role, but will first have to navigate the UK rail strike to catch his flight to Cork.