Brian Quinn, CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, 1936) is a Scottish economist and former football club chairman. He is an honorary Professor

Professor

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 of economics

Economics

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 at Glasgow University. He is best known for his spell as the Chairman of the Celtic Plc

Celtic F.C.

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 board.

Early life

Quinn was educated at Glasgow University where he obtained an MA

Master of Arts (Scotland)

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 (Hons) degree. He also obtained an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 degree in Economics from the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

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 and a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 degree in economics from Cornell University

Cornell University

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.

Professional career

Between 1964 and 1970 Quinn worked for the International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

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 (IMF), first as an economist at the African Department, then as IMF Representative for West Africa. He then joined the Bank of England

Bank of England

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 as an economist, eventually rising to Deputy Governor in 1995. In 1996 he joined Celtic as a non-executive director, and was made chairman in 2000. He served the club in this position for seven years, during which time the club won five SPL

Scottish Premier League

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 titles, four Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

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s and three Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup

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s. He announced he was to resign the chair of Celtic on 17 November 2007 and was succeeded by John Reid

John Reid (politician)

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.

Quinn also serves as a non-executive director for the Qatar

Qatar

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financial services authority and runs a financial consulting business.