Professor Brian Bell, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said:
Madeleine is a recognised leader in the field of migration policy and I am delighted that the MAC will continue to benefit from Madeleine's knowledge, experience and insights.
Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, which provides impartial analysis of migration in the UK for public and policy audiences. Her research focuses on labour migration and the economic and social impacts of migration policies.
Before joining Oxford, Madeleine was Director of Research for the international program at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), in Washington, DC. She is currently chair of the Migration Statistics User Forum, which brings together producers and users of migration data in the UK. In 2017, she received an MBE for services to social science.
