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London School of Economics & Political Science

Andy Summers

Andy is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and an Associate of the International Inequalities Institute at LSE. His teaching and research focuses on tax law and policy, particularly the taxation of wealth. His work also investigates the measurement of inequality using tax data.

London Business School

Paolo Surico

Paolo’s expertise lays at the intersection of macroeconomics, finance and applied econometrics. His research focuses on the evaluation of macroeconomic policies using micro-data at the household- and firm-level. Paolo’s latest empirical work has looked the distributional effects of monetary policy and fiscal policy on inequality, consumption and investment across British households and firms, with particular emphasis to the role of housing debt in the transmission mechanism.

Aston University

Ed Sweeney

Edward Sweeney is Professor of Logistics and Systems and Head of the Engineering Systems & Supply Chain Management (ESSCM) Department at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. His research has been widely published and he sits on the editorial

Centre for Cities

Paul Swinney

As Director of Policy and Research, Paul oversees the research programme and strategy of the Centre. He has published on a wide range of subjects relating to city economies, including the development of UK cities over time, the role that city centres play in the national economy and the trading relationships UK cities have with the rest of the world.

Centre for Community Finance Europe

Ralph Swoboda

Ralph Swoboda, Chair of CFCFE, is also the Managing Director of CUFA Ltd., the Dublin-based provider of financial analytics software to credit unions and other mutual financial firms. An attorney by training, he has over forty years of experience in the USA and international credit union sector, including serving as President/CEO of Credit Union National Association (the primary U.S. credit union trade body). Ralph co-founded CUFA Ltd. and has provided consulting and executive-level project

University of Michigan

Stefan Szymanski

Stefan Szymanski is an expert on the economics of sports. His work encompasses the theoretical analysis of sporting contests, financial analysis of sports (especially football), comparative analysis of sports systems, sports history and the evaluation of public policy and sports. Ten years ago he moved from London to the University of Michigan, where he is the Stephen J. Galetti Professor of Sport Management.