Geoffrey James Whitty CBE (31 December 1946 – 27 July 2018) was a British economist and professor for equity in education at the University of Newcastle, Australia and who was also a director of the Institute of Education, University of London. In 1990, Whitty became Professor of Policy and Management in Education, Goldsmiths College. In 1992, he became Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education. In 2000, he became director of the Institute of Education and finished his term at the end of 2010.