Andrew Graham (academic)

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Andrew Graham (born June 20, 1942 in Perranporth, Cornwall) is an academic and Master of Balliol College, Oxford.

Graham graduated from Oxford University in 1964. He was economic adviser to Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1967-69 and 1974-76 and later economic advisor to the Leader of the Labour Party, John Smith. He was a Tutorial Fellow in Economics at Balliol College from 1969-97. With the help of a very substantial donation from The Shirley Foundation, he founded the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) in 2001 and has been a Board Member of Channel 4 Television and a Trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. He is an elected member of the Council of Oxford University and a member of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian and The Observer. He is the son of the late author, Winston Graham.