Experts

Leonardo Iacovone is Lead Economist at the World Bank and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Hertie School. His area of research expertise include development economics, business dynamics, productivity, entrepreneurship, innovation, trade and youth unemployment, with a special focus on policy evaluation. His research has been published in numerous renowned journals such as Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, World Development, etc

Gbenga is a Professor of Finance with a research focus on financial market microstructure. He directs the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations and the NatWest Group Centre for Purpose-driven Innovation in Banking. He is a Fellow at Sydney’s RoZetta Institute and a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Future of Resilient Financial Systems. He is published in leading academic journals, and featured in the media, e.g., New York Times, Economist, and Financial Times.

Zamzam Ibrahim is a climate justice activist and climate consultant. Co-founder of Students Organising for Sustainability and a UN advisor.

Guto Ifan is part of the Wales Fiscal Analysis (WFA) programme within Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre. His research interests include public finances, fiscal policy, and tax devolution. The WFA programme regularly publishes commentary and analysis on the Welsh Government budget and the Welsh economy.

Ethan Ilzetzki is an Associate Professor in Economics at the London School of Economics, an Affiliate of the Centre for Macroeconomics and a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. His research focuses on macroeconomics, international economics, and fiscal policy. Ethan heads the Centre for Macroeconomics panel of experts. He serves on the editorial boards of the IMF Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics.

Clément Imbert is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. He was previously Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College. His areas of research are development economics, labor economics and public economics. His current research focuses on internal migration in Brazil, China and India. He also studies social protection and tax compliance in Ethiopia, India, Belgium and France.