Chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Erik Berglof
Erik Berglof is Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development since 2006. He has previously held the position of Professor and Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics. He ...
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About Erik Berglof
Erik Berglof is Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development since 2006. He has previously held the position of Professor and Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has also taught at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford and MIT.
He has published widely on financial development, corporate governance and transition economics. His interests have been particularly oriented towards policy issues in emerging economies, but he has also contributed extensively to the debate on regional and global institutional architecture. He has regularly provided advice to national governments and international institutions including the IMF and the World Bank.
He has also been regularly invited as an expert at the World Economic Forum, the China Development Forum, the European Commission and the Swedish Government.
Erik Berglof was the founder and President of the Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) in Moscow and a Programme Director at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and Board Member and Research Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute.