Renee Friedman

•Consultant: ensured deliverables, developed early warning system indicators and led the strategy for new financial services consultancy line •Principal analyst for Russia/Ukraine: provided country risk forecasts and analysis •Participated in client presentations, presented to board level and represented the company on international media (e.g., CNBC) •Responsible for analysing inputs from 'on the ground' analysts, commissioning and editing material

Maternity cover short term contract • Coverage of US, UK and Eurozone economies including monitoring economic, political and capital market developments for daily and weekly written updates • Wrote weekly and monthly publications and gave twice weekly market update videos.

• Developed macro strategy research with a thematic focus. Analysed economic, financial, political, and policy developments; published market research and analysis, development of global EM strategy products.

Provide economic advisory on all macro economic (monetary and fiscal policy) policy measures and conditions proposed and/or undertaken by the Bank of England, HM Treasury and European Union to the members of parliament of the Treasury Select Committee. Provide advisory on impact to the UK of all Eurozone/International economic and financial policy proposals including EU financial services regulations

Design courses and teach graduate and undergraduates macroeconomics, advanced macroeconomics, international economics, public economics and international development finance.

Develop and write country and sector reports and short term market risk assessments with focus on sovereign risks, fiscal and monetary policy, currency risk, business environment, and financial stability with economic forecasts for global information providers, policy think tanks, and risk advisory groups.

Develop and deliver lectures for Masters’ students covering key microeconomic, market based instrument, Cost Benefit Analysis and valuation, development and financial economics concepts.

•Teach Master level students, supervise and review final year undergraduate and Masters’ dissertations across economic topic areas (macro and micro).

Provided macro economic sovereign analysis and sectoral analysis support to equities of global emerging markets in Latin America, Asia, and EMEA (e.g., Russia/Ukraine/South Africa/Turkey/CEE). Formulated trading and investment strategies for bond portfolios (700+ million USD), developed performance and asset allocation models, and monitored country and stock allocation across absolute and relative funds. Limited currency and corp exposure.

Advised on economic development projects for governments, aid agencies and multilateral institutions •Evaluated USAID project proposals with focus on economic indicators. Areas covered: SME development, FDI and domestic investment, privatisation, and labour market policies •Drafted proposals to develop debt swap fund mechanisms for UN Global Environmental Facility (GEF) •Advised the Republic of Macedonia on behalf of UNDP on debt for environment swaps.

Lead regional (21 country coverage) economics programme and research function and contributed to UN country and project assessments in addition to advising government ministries on debt reduction, sovereign ratings impact, and budget development. • Directed a programming budget of USD 2 million per year to develop staff, projects and products • Managed multidisciplinary international team focused on improving data availability, statistical capacity, and survey design.

• Performed country economic, financial and political risk analysis and industry/sector analysis on Emerging Europe/Russia/CIS countries for corporate and institutional clients at Centre for New and Emerging Markets • Teaching assistant on Emerging markets MBA strategy, economics, and operations management courses

International trade and development