Dr Angela Jackson is Lead Economist at Impact Economics and Policy and has published a number of high profile research reports across economic and social policy issues. Angela is a health economist with a Masters in International Health Policy (Health Economics) with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science and in 2021 was awarded her PhD on the Economics of Disability in Australia from Monash University.
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 Global Financial Crisis, Angela was responsible for providing policy advice across fiscal policy and all areas of social policy, including National Health Reform.
Angela is a part-time Commissioner at the Commonwealth Grants Commission, was a Panel Member on the Commonwealth Government’s COVID-19 Response Inquiry, 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. Previously she was a Board Member and Chair of the Finance Committee at Royal Melbourne Hospital from 2015-2021.
