Sir Howard John Davies (born 12 February 1951) is a British Economist and Author who is the current Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the former Director of the London School of Economics.
He previously served as the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority.
Davies was chairman of the Phoenix Group and, until July 2015, chaired the UK Airports Commission.
In February 2015 he was appointed Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland taking up the role from September 2015.