Dr Angela Jackson

Lead Economist

Dr Angela Jackson is a micro-economist who has worked at the highest levels of Government. Starting her career as an economist at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Angela has worked across tax, fiscal and social policy. As the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Australian Finance Minister during the GFC, Angela was responsible for providing policy advice across fiscal policy and all areas of social policy, including National Health Reform. Angela has authored a number of high profile reports on health, aged care, disability, housing and gender policy.

Angela is also a part-time Commissioner at the Commonwealth Grants Commission, Member of the Victorian National Heart Foundation Advisory Board, member of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee and National Chair of the Women in Economics Network.  In 2023 Angela was appointed to a three person independent panel to review the Commonwealth Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously Angela was a Board Member and Chair of the Finance Committee at Royal Melbourne Hospital from 2015-2021.

Angela holds a Masters in International Health Policy (Health Economics) with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania. In 2021, Angela was awarded her PhD on the Economics of Disability in Australia from Monash University.

She has published articles in peer reviewed journals and major Australian newspapers and appears regularly in the media providing economic commentary.