Sydney Caine

Sir Sydney Caine KCMG
Sydney Caine, circa before 1964
Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
In office 9 March 1938 – 16 November 1939
Preceded by	Edwin Taylor
Succeeded by	Henry R. Butters
Director of the London School of Economics
In office 1957–1967
Preceded by	Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Adams
Personal details
Born	(1902-06-27)27 June 1902
Died	2 January 1991(1991-01-02) (aged 88)
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Sir Sydney Caine, KCMG (27 June 1902 – 2 January 1991) was an educator and economist.

Career

Caine started his career as an assistant inspector of taxes. In 1926, Caine joined the Colonial Office, where he served as secretary to the West Indian Sugar Commission and to the UK Sugar Industry Commission.

In 1937, Caine was appointed as the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, until 1940.

Caine was appointed the director of the LSE between 1957 and 1967. He was an alumnus of the LSE, and, before his appointment as director of the school, he was a well-known economist who had acted as a consultant for the World Bank for a period of time and had worked as a diplomat, being appointed minister at the British Embassy in Washington, US. Between 1952 and 1957 he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya in Singapore.

Between 1963 and 1970 he was the chairman of the governing board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning.

External links

• Former Directors of the LSE