Mar 15 2013
Sony Kapoor – Economist speaker
Managing Director of Re-Define and Economist speaker
Sony Kapoor’s is the Managing Director of Re-Define, an economic and financial think tank that advises policy makers and civil society in the EU and internationally, he is deeply involved in finding a solution to the on-going economic and financial crises. Sony is also a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. During 2011 Sony was an expert Visiting Fellow at the European Commission dealing with Economic Governance, Financial Reform and the Euro Crisis. He was also a member of the expert panel advising the European Parliament’s special committee on the financial and economic crisis.
“A prominent expert on international finance and development”
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