Andrew Charlton

Andrew Charlton is a member of the Australian Parliament. He serves as the chair of the Parliamentary Friends of India and represents the division of Parramatta, which includes one of the largest Indian diaspora communities in Australia. Before entering Parliament, he was a managing director at Accenture, founder of AlphaBeta, senior economic advisor to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and an academic at the London School of Economics. He has a PhD in economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Andrew is the author of two previous books – Ozonomics and Fair Trade for All, written with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz – and two Quarterly Essays.