Re-Define
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| Formation | 2008 |
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| Type | Think Tank |
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Managing Director | Sony Kapoor |
| Website | http://www.re-define.org |
Re-Define is a non-partisan, international think tank that advises policy-makers on financial system reform, economic policy, development and environmental finance. Their work is split between long term oriented public policy development and providing immediately implementable public policy solutions to specific current problems. Since formation it has predominantly focused its efforts on assisting the EU and member state governments navigate the European financial crisis of 2012 - 2013.[1]
About
Re-Define is currently working on projects relating to:
- Financial system reform and regulation
- EU and global economic governance
- The development impact of the financial crisis and new financial regulations
- Tax-havens, fiscal deficits, new sources of tax revenue, lack of transparency in finance, responsible finance
- Environmental finance, green growth and green financial systems
- Financial sector taxation[1]
Their work and commentary is regularly featured in leading international print, television, and online media including, among others, The Financial Times,[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] The New York Times,[4] BBC,[5] Bloomberg Television [6] and The Guardian.[7]
Staff
Re-Define is led by Sony Kapoor,[8] an expert in international finance and development. Sony has a background in investment banking and derivatives trading and has also worked with multilateral organisations such as the UN and the World Bank, governments including those of Norway and Germany, and civil society organisations such as Christian Aid and Oxfam. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has been elected as Young Global Leader[9] by the World Economic Forum and a Young European Leader by EuropaNova and Friends of Europe. Sony is an alumnus of the London School of Economics, the University of Delhi and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi.
Advisory board
- Eric Beinhocker – Executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
- Peter Bofinger – Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
- Willem Buiter – Chief economist at Citigroup
- Paul De Grauwe – Head of the European Institute at London School of Economics (LSE)
- Heiner Flassbeck – Chief economist (chief of macroeconomics and development) at UNCTAD
- Charles Goodhart – Professor at LSE
- Michael Hoffman – Senior economist in the Center for Economics at the US Government Accountability Office
- Robert Johnson - Executive director of economic policy at the Institute for New Economic Thinking
- Anatole Kaletsky – Chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
- John Kay – Financial Times columnist and visiting professor at LSE
- George Magnus – Senior economic advisor at UBS Investment Bank
- John Monks – General secretary of the European Trade Union Conference
- Kevin O'Rourke – Chichele Professor of Economic History at All Souls College, Oxford
- José Antonio Ocampo – Former UN undersecretary-general for Economic and Social Affairs
- Avinash Persaud – Chairman of Intelligence Capital Ltd.
- Vicky Pryce – Senior managing director at FTI Consulting
- Raj Thamotheram - President of the Network for Sustainable Financial Market
- David Webb – Head of Department of Finance at LSE
Notable publications
- Building a Green Financial System – Funding the Green New Deal, Re-Define Policy Paper, 2011
- Global Imbalances & Global Governance, Briefing Paper, European Parliament, 2011
- Tackling Tax Flight in the EU, Re-Define Policy Paper, 2011
- The Financial Crisis, Causes and Cures – A Re-Define, European Trade Union Institute, Bertelsmann and Fredrich Ebert Foundation Book, 2010
- Investing for the Future - Report on the Norwegian Oil Fund Investment Strategy (PDF)
References
- 1 2 "About Us". re-define.org.
- ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de1323fc-95f3-11e0-ba20-00144feab49a.html#axzz2I911PmBN
- ↑ Charles Goodhart And Sony Kapoor (19 September 2012). "Charles Goodhart and Sony Kapoor: Has the Euro Crisis Turned a Corner? - WSJ". WSJ.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/business/global/13iht-banks13.html?pagewanted=all
- ↑ Sonny Kapoor, Eurozone Crisis. YouTube. 15 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/video/94754139-economic-edge-spanish-targets-and-greek-elections.html
- ↑ Sony Kapoor. "Europe can't cut and grow". the Guardian.
- ↑ https://be.linkedin.com/in/sonykapoor
- ↑ "The Forum of Young Global Leaders". The Forum of Young Global Leaders - World Economic Forum.