Economists

Jacques Attali

Jacques Attali

President Sarkozy appointed Attali to head a commission to examine the obstacles to French growth, and to propose reforms. Additionally, he chairs an investment company specialising in new technologies, life sciences and cultural property. He is also President of PlaNet Finance (the world’s biggest micro-finance lender), which he founded eleven years ago and has now 15 million beneficiaries.

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson

The Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the author of ‘The Ascent and Descent of Money’

Oliver E. Williamson

Oliver E. Williamson

Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics 2009 and one of the leading economic theorists of our time

Joseph E Stiglitz

Joseph E Stiglitz

Co-Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics, Former Chief Economist of the World Bank; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the U.S.

Stephanie Flanders

Stephanie Flanders

Stephanie replaced Evan Davis as the BBC's Economics Editor in Spring 2008

Noreena Hertz

Noreena Hertz

Chair - Globalisation, Sustainability and Finance, Duisenberg School of Finance and Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, 1998

George A. Akerlof

George A. Akerlof

The Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and Nobel laureate 2001

Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson

Member of President Obama's Economic Advisory Panel, where she is an integral part of a team of advisors assessing the measures needed to get the U.S. economy back on track

James K. Galbraith

James K. Galbraith

Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government University of Texas

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

President of Notre Europe and former Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

Jeff Randall

Jeff Randall

Telegraph's Editor-at-Large and host of SKY News' Jeff Randall Live

Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz

A regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox and PBS. His market perspectives are quoted regularly in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and other print media

Leo Tilman

Leo Tilman

Advisor to CEOs, Financial Market Strategist, Authority on Risk Management

Jean Dermine

Jean Dermine

Professor of Banking and Finance, INSEAD

Benoit F. Leleux

Benoit F. Leleux

The Stephan Schmidheiny Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at IMD

Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff

Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and former chief economist at the IMF

Karel van Wolferen

Karel van Wolferen

Japan specialist, author and commentator on global economy

Norbert Walter - English

Norbert Walter - English

Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group

Stéphane Garelli

Stéphane Garelli

Leading Authority on Competitiveness of Nations and Enterprises

Michel Camdessus - English

Michel Camdessus - English

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Rodrigo de Rato

Rodrigo de Rato

Former Director General of the IMF and Vice President of Spain

Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto

President, Institute for Liberty & Democracy, Lima, Peru. “The world’s greatest living economist.” - Bill Clinton

Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers

Co-Founder Quantum Fund (with George Soros) & Private Investor, also Author of “Adventure Capitalist”, “A Bull in China” & “Investment Biker Rogers”

Jagdish Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati

Special Adviser to the UN on Globalization, and External Adviser to the WTO

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

Dr. Fitoussi is the coordinator of a commission of economists reporting directly into President Sarkozy which includes Joseph Stiglitz looking into the measurement of economic performance and social progress

Otmar Issing

Otmar Issing

Former member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

Liam Halligan

Liam Halligan

Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management – one of the world's leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Jamie Robertson

Jamie Robertson

Presenter of the World Business Report

Desmond Lachman

Desmond Lachman

As far back as early 2007 Lachman was among the few economists to foresee a serious global economic recession

Gita Irawan Wirjawan

Gita Irawan Wirjawan

Chairman of PT Ancora International and Co-Chairman of Ancora Capital

Anatole Kaletsky

Anatole Kaletsky

One of the country's leading commentators on economics, Kaletsky is Principal Economic Commentator and Editor-at-Large of The Times of London

Dennis A. Tito

Dennis A. Tito

Historic first private individual in space

Robert J. Aumann

Robert J. Aumann

Nobel Laureate in Economics 2005

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Member, German Council of Economic Experts (Deutscher Sachverständigenrat, Germany

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2002

Edward C Prescott

Edward C Prescott

2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Frits Bolkestein

Frits Bolkestein

As European Commissioner until 2004 Bolkestein was responsible for Internal Market, Taxation and Customs Union issues

Jacques Santer

Jacques Santer

Former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, President of the European Commission (1995-1999) and President of the World Bank

Mario Monti

Mario Monti

1999-2004 Member of the European Commission responsible for Competition

Roger Bootle

Roger Bootle

Formerly Group Chief Economist at HSBC, Economic Adviser to Deloitte, Managing Director of Capital Economics, a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee and a Visiting Professor at Manchester Business School

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Former WTO Director-General

Theo Waigel

Theo Waigel

Jurist, Bundesminister für Finanzen a.D.

Eduardo Aninat

Eduardo Aninat

Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from December 1999 to June 2003 and Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IMF and World Bank 1995-96

David Smith

David Smith

Economics Editor of The Sunday Times and moderator at the World Economic Forum 2006

Gary Stanley Becker

Gary Stanley Becker

Nobel Prize Laureate 1992

Robert Mundell

Robert Mundell

‘Father of the EURO’ & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science winner

Edmund S. Phelps

Edmund S. Phelps

The 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

Will Hutton

Will Hutton

Chief Executive, The Work Foundation and Leading Commentator on Socio-Economic Issues

Anthony Hilton

Anthony Hilton

In 2007 winner of the "Decade of Excellence Award" the most prestigious award in business and financial journalism

Howard Davies

Howard Davies

Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority

Fan Gang

Fan Gang

Director of the National Economics Research Institute, China Reform Foundation and Professor, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Hamish McRae

Hamish McRae

A noted global Economist, Author and Futurist


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