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Michael Zielenziger

Editor at large, Thought Leadership

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Michael Zielenziger

Editor at large, Thought Leadership

San Francisco, United States

Michael Zielenziger works on a wide range of studies, including supply chain issues, and the impact of cloud computing on operations, insurance and finance.

He is a former Tokyo bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers and the author of Shutting out the Sun: How Japan Created its own Lost Generation, which describes the social malaise that now confronts an ageing Japan. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting from China, and part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams while a correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News. He was part of an Oxford Economics team that won the 2019/20 Rybczynski prize for analyzing the impacts of robotics on the global workforce.

Michael was also an editor with the McKinsey Global Institute, based in San Francisco, and is a former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a graduate of Princeton University

Michele Wortley

Account Manager, OE Africa

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Michele Wortley

Account Manager, OE Africa

Paarl, South Africa

Michele started working for Oxford Economics in 2015 as Client Services Executive. In this role she supported account managers with administrative functions aimed at retaining clients and growing the business. Her contribution to Oxford Economics Africa’s growth has led to her being promoted to Account Manager in 2022. In her new role she is responsible for all account management activities which include client relationships, secure renewals and growing the book of business.

Morgan Rooney

Assistant Economist, Economic Impact

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Morgan Rooney

Assistant Economist, Economic Impact

London, United Kingdom

Morgan works as an Assistant Economist, having also previously worked as a Research Assistant, both for the Economic Impact Consulting team. During this time, she has worked on projects ranging from the economic impact of the aviation industry worldwide to the economic impact of BP in the UK.

She also worked as an Analyst in the field of competition economics at Compass Lexecon, specialising in cartel damages, and in the finance department of Hitachi Vantara. She holds a First-Class BSc (Hons) and MPhil in Economics from the University of Surrey and the University of Cambridge respectively.

Mouad El Mansouri

Associate Economist, Macro Consulting, Canada

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Mouad El Mansouri

Associate Economist, Macro Consulting, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Mouad El Mansouri works as an Associate Economist at Oxford Economics Canada and is a part of the North American macro consultancy team. Prior to this position, Mouad was working as an Economist at the Global Infrastructure hub in Toronto, Canada.

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Neil McCullough

Director, Cities Consultancy

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Neil McCullough

Director, Cities Consultancy

Belfast, United Kingdom

Neil McCullough is Director of Cities Consultancy. He is responsible for leading economic-impact and forecasting studies across the UK, Local Enterprise Partnerships, and local authorities. He also manages a team of economists in Belfast, London, and New York, who focus on international consultancy assignments.

Neil has extensive experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, with particular emphasis on economic-impact studies, econometric modelling and economic profiling/forecasting. Neil has over 12 years experience undertaking assignments for both public and private sector clients. Recent projects include user-friendly economic-impact models for the Olympic Host Boroughs and the Heart of the South West LEP. He regularly works for international corporations, responding to their individual needs with tailored approaches. Neil graduated in 2000 with a degree in economics from the University of Ulster, Jordanstown. He later obtained an MSc in Finance with distinction from Queen’s University Belfast in 2002. During this period, Neil worked with the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre (NIERC). Prior to joining Oxford Economics he worked as a Senior Economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Neil Walker

Director of Macro Modelling and Scenarios

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Neil Walker

Director of Macro Modelling and Scenarios

London, United Kingdom

Neil is currently Director of Macro Modelling and scenarios, based in London after spending 5 years in New York where he led the Macroeconomic Consultancy in the Americas.

Having initially worked in various financial roles where he became a member of the Charted Institute of Management Accounts he joined Oxford Economics in September 2012 working on country forecasts and the global scenario service. Following his move to New York, he became involved in a number of regulatory scenarios including work on CCAR, DFAST, HKMA, CECL and IFRS9. He also worked on a number of model development projects to expand the Global Economic model. Since his return to London, he has headed the Macroeconomic modelling and scenarios team, overseeing the production and development of Oxford Economics Global Economic model as well as leading consultancy projects.

Nelius Visser

Senior Econometrician, OE Africa

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Nelius Visser

Senior Econometrician, OE Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Nelius has an MCom degree in Economics from the University of Stellenbosch. He was appointed as an intern at Oxford Economics Africa in September 2011 to assist with data capturing, then as a junior econometrician and data analyst in 2013, before being promoted to econometrician and data analyst in 2015. Promoted to additional economist in 2019.

Nicholas Fearnley

Head of Global Construction Forecasting, OE Australia

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Nicholas Fearnley

Head of Global Construction Forecasting, OE Australia

Sydney, Australia

Dr Nicholas Fearnley is the Head of Global Construction Forecasting, based in Sydney. Nicholas oversees the teams that produce the various construction, mining, and maintenance studies. He works over the full construction spectrum, and regularly presents and provides commentary for both the construction and mining industries.

Nicholas joined Oxford Economics in 2019 after working at Macromontor, where he was responsible for producing regular Australian building construction forecast reports, and bespoke cost escalation and material demand forecasts.

Prior to joining Macromonitor, Nicholas completed a PhD at the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “A Critical and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Informal Institutions and Economic Development.” He was awarded the Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics, and his thesis was accepted without edits.

Nicholas has undergraduate degrees in both Accounting and Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and a first class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “Culture and the Measurement Decision Offered by Investment Property”.

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Nicholas Wilson

Associate Director, Real Estate Economics, Asia

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Nicholas Wilson

Associate Director, Real Estate Economics, Asia

Singapore

Nick joined Oxford Economics in July 2022 to lead the Real Estate Economic Service (REES) for Asia Pacific. Nick is responsible for researching, forecasting and analysing commercial real estate trends across all major markets and sectors in the region. He has over 12 years of experience researching and advising clients on commercial real estate strategies, covering direct, indirect and listed markets. Nick holds a Masters (MSc) in Finance from the University of Ulster, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Business (majoring in Real Estate) from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Nick Stavropoulos

Vice President, Business Development, Midwest

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Nick Stavropoulos

Vice President, Business Development, Midwest

Chicago, United States

Nick Stavropoulos brings two decades of financial services insights and corporate strategy consulting experience from such organizations as The Economist, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, and The Northern Trust. He has significant experience in crafting bespoke research projects for international corporations, government agencies, and multilateral organizations seeking to align their initiatives and better understand their strategic and operational challenges.

Nick holds his Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Political Science from The University of Illinois and is based in Chicago.

Nick Stewart

Lead Economist

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Nick Stewart

Lead Economist

London, United Kingdom

Nick is a Lead Economist in the Applied Economics Consulting team.

Nick specialises in model building and economic impact analysis. He has experience of working on major studies for clients in many different industries and countries in both the private and public sectors, built up from a twenty-five-year career working in Economic Consultancy.

Since joining Oxford Economics in 2008, Nick has worked on many high-profile economic impact studies across the aerospace, defence, and transport sectors. He has also led studies for several international food and beverage companies across different countries that looked at the implications of different excise tax regimes both for the structure of markets and for government revenues.

Nick previously spent 12 years at Experian where he directed the Economics Business Unit and established the Economic Modelling Team. Nick holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in Business Economics with Computing from the University of Surrey.

Nicola Nobile

Associate Director

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Nicola Nobile

Associate Director

Milano, Italy

Nicola Nobile is Associate Director within the macroeconomics forecasting division of Oxford Economics. He joined Oxford Economics in September 2012 in Oxford and now is the Chief Italian Economist, based in Milan. Nicola has a BA in Finance and a MSc in Economics, both from Bocconi University.

Noelani King Conradie

Managing Director, OE Africa

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Noelani King Conradie

Managing Director, OE Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Noelani King Conradie is the managing director for Oxford Economics Africa. Towards the end of 2002, Noelani decided to launch an independent economic service and founded NKC Independent Economists. The business has since grown into a team of over 30 people and in 2015 Noelani sold a majority stake in NKC to Oxford Economics. The company name was then rebranded as NKC African Economics. In September 2021, NKC African Economics decided to fully align its brand with its majority shareholder and became known as Oxford Economics Africa.

Noelani obtained her BCom (Honours) degree from the University of Pretoria, receiving distinctions for both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Her career started in 1995 at RMB Asset Management, before she became a financial economist at Absa Corporate Bank's treasury department. After a period in the stock-brokering arena at SG Frankel Pollak Securities, she relocated to Cape Town to start an economics department at PSG Investment Bank in 1999.

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Norihiro Yamaguchi

Senior Economist

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Norihiro Yamaguchi

Senior Economist

Tokyo, Japan

Norihiro is a Senior Economist at Oxford Economics. Based in Tokyo, he is engaged in forecasting and analysing Japanese and APAC economy. Prior to joining Oxford Economics in 2021, he worked as an economist at Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance in Tokyo for 9 years, covering Japan's economy, European economy, and global financial markets. During his time at Meiji Yasuda, he has written quarterly economic outlook, and thematic reports on macroeconomic developments and insurance capital regulations. He holds a Master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago in the United States, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Tokyo.

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Oliver Rakau

Deputy Head Europe, Macro

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Oliver Rakau

Oliver Rakau

Deputy Head Europe, Macro

Frankfurt, Germany

Oliver is Oxford Economics’ Chief Germany Economist and Deputy Head of the European Macroeconomics team. He is based in its Frankfurt office and his research is focused on Germany, ECB policy and inflation. Prior to joining the company in 2017, he has been a senior economist for Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt for seven years working in its macroeconomic and industry teams. He holds a Master’s degree from London School of Economics.

Oren Klachkin

Lead US Economist

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Oren Klachkin

Lead US Economist

New York, United States

Oren Klachkin is a Lead Economist at Oxford Economics. He specializes in providing analysis on issues affecting the US economy at the industry and regional levels.

Oren’s past work experience includes working as a Global Economist at Citi, as an Economist at IHS Global Insight where he covered the MENA economies and as a Research Associate at ConvergEx Group (now Cowen Group) where he analyzed capital markets. He holds a MA in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University and a Dual BA in Economics and International Relations from Boston University.

Padmasai Varanasi

Senior Economist, EMEA Macro Consulting

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Padmasai Varanasi

Senior Economist, EMEA Macro Consulting

Oxford, United Kingdom

Padmasai is an Economist within the EMEA Macro Consulting team, based in the Oxford office. Since joining Oxford Economics in July 2019, she has contributed to a range of projects with a focus on economic forecasting, international trade and issues relating to the financial sector. She is also the country economist responsible for Pakistan.

Before joining Oxford Economics, Padmasai worked as an Economist in the Research and Public Policy division at the World Federation of Exchanges in London where she undertook research on global stock and derivatives exchanges and the wider economy.

She holds an MSc in Economics from University College London (UCL) and has also passed the CFA Level 1 exam.

Paul de Cintra

Director Middle East

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Paul de Cintra

Director Middle East

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Paul de Cintra is a Director based at our Dubai office and London where he focuses on project development and support across the Middle East.

Paul started his career as an Economist at National Westminster Bank focused on country risk analysis and then moved to BT where he worked as an econometrician. The focus here was on developing innovative forecasting systems and developing associated training and education programmes for management from board level down. Paul then moved into economic consulting. More recently Paul worked at Experian where he led the development of credit risk scores "with economic foresight built-in". Paul holds a BA (Hons) degree from Durham University in Economics and an MSc from City of London (Guildhall) University in Econometrics.

Paul Giles

Associate Director, Construction & Infrastructure, OE Australia

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Paul Giles

Associate Director, Construction & Infrastructure, OE Australia

Sydney, Australia

Senior market research and data insights professional with 30 years of experience across quantitative and qualitative studies, ad-hoc and multi-client projects. Extensive experience in strategic management of large end to end projects and client relationships across B2B, consumer, government & industry.

Pete Collings

Director of Economic Impact Consulting, Europe & Middle East

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Pete Collings

Director of Economic Impact Consulting, Europe & Middle East

London, United Kingdom

Pete Collings leads Oxford Economics’ Economic Impact Consulting teams in Europe and the Middle East. During his time at Oxford Economics, Pete has managed and conducted a number of large consulting projects including a major global economic impact study of Etihad Airways, a project assessing the contribution Rolls-Royce makes to both the UK and the global economy, Oxford Economics’ impact work for Abu Dhabi Ports Company, several pieces assessing the economic impact of nuclear power in the UK, a number of studies exploring Gatwick Airport’s economic contribution and research assessing Boeing’s employment impact on the EU.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics in 2009, Pete worked in the Fiscal Policy Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Zanzibar, on the ODI Fellowship Scheme. He has degrees from the University of York and the University of London.

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