SPEAKERS

Corrado Macchiarelli

Principal Economist in the Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting Team, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Dr. Corrado Macchiarelli is a Principal Economist in the Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting Team of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. He is also an Associate Professor in Finance and Economics at Brunel University in London, a part-time Lecturer at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a Visiting Fellow in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics. Previously, Dr. Macchiarelli was an Economist at the European Central Bank. Over the years, Dr. Macchiarelli has worked and consulted for the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Swedish Riksbanken, and the International Monetary Fund.

Gilles Moëc

Chief Economist, AXA Group

Gilles Moëc is AXA Group Chief Economist since June 2019, and is heading AXA Investment Managers Research teams which is gathering euro credit analysts, macroeconomists investment strategist and ESG analysts. He was previously Chief European Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2014. Prior to that, he was appointed Senior European Economist at Bank of America in 2006 then became Chief European Economist of Deutsche Bank in 2009. He started his career by holding between 1994 and 2006 several positions in the French civil service, at the national statistical institute (INSEE) and at the central bank notably as head of the International Economics Division of Banque de France. Gilles graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 1991.

Julian Jessop

Independent Economist (Former Chief Economist), Institute of Economic Affairs

Julian Jessop is an independent economist with over thirty years of experience gained in the public sector, the City and consultancy, including stints at HM Treasury, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Capital Economics. He now works mainly with thinktanks and educational charities, and is a regular commentator in the media.

Marcello de Moura Estevão Filho

Global Director, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank Group

Marcello Estevão is Global Director of the WBG’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Practice. He was Deputy Minister at Brazil’s MoF and G20 Deputy; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Development Bank; chief economist at Tudor Investment Corporation; and researcher and manager at the IMF and the Federal Reserve Board. He holds a PhD from MIT and has published widely in refereed journals and elsewhere.

Matti Leppala

Chief Investment Officer, Pensions Europe