Mohamed has an unusual and invaluable combination of skills which Cambridge needs today, as it navigates an era of global flux.

Academic institutions are facing a range of pressures at home and abroad. Mohamed is the brilliant, wise and empathetic head that Cambridge needs to navigate these challenges.

I have got to know Mohamed over recent years and have been deeply impressed by all that I have seen. His academic brilliance is well known - but it has always been coupled with something which - to my mind - was equally vital: a real understanding of the human soul.

There could be no better Chancellor for Cambridge University than Mohamed El-Erian. As President of Queens’ College, he has shown deep care for students, each and every one. As a celebrated economist, he understands human motivations, creative energies, scientific breakthroughs, and political ambitions alike.