Professor David Greenaway took up the office of Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham on October 1st 2008, succeeding Professor Sir Colin Campbell.

A Professor of Economics, he was previously a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of this University, and was the founding Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy in The School of Economics.

Professor Greenaway's current public duties include chairing the UK Armed Forces Pay Review Body, and he is also a member of the UK Senior Salaries Review Body. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and HM Treasury.

He chaired the Economics and Econometrics Panel for the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, and has previously served on the UK Economic and Social Research Council.

He is also Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Institut für Weltwirtschaft at the University of Kiel, and a former Non-Executive Director of the Nottingham Health Authority and Queens Medical Centre Hospital Trust. Professor Greenaway's research interests are primarily in international trade, labour market adjustment, cross border investment and trade policy. The Vice-Chancellor continues to teach in The School of Economics.

Before joining The University of Nottingham in 1987 the Vice-Chancellor held appointments at Leicester Polytechnic and the University of Buckingham. He took up his first position at Nottingham in 1987 as Head of the Department of Economics. He served as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1994-2001, and was closely involved with the development of the University's Jubilee Campus, and the establishment of the National College of School Leadership.