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1st Rebecca Harding Founder and CEO, Delta Economics Brighton, United KingdomResearch Current Delta Economics Previous World Entrepreneur Society, Group Partners, London Business School Education University of Sussex 500+ connections Send a messageMore options uk.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-harding/2/983/b63/ Contact Info Activity Rebecca Harding is now connected to Arya Matamedi, Summer Intern at Delta Economics 2 hours ago Rebecca Harding is now following Delta Economics. 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I was also a Senior Fellow at London Business School, Head of UK Corporate Research at Deloitte, Chief Economist at The Work Foundation and I held a range of senior academic roles including at the University of Sussex (Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, SPRU) and the University of Brighton. Additionally, I was a senior researcher with the Institute for Public Policy Research, a visiting Professor at Birbeck College London and the Max Planck Institute. I am a Director of the German British Forum. Delta Economics has been running for four years now and in that time we have grown from a small policy consultancy to a business that now includes major blue chip and financial/professional services in our client list. I was a specialist adviser to the Treasury Select Committee on Regional Productivity between 2004 and 2006 and Chief Policy Adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship (APPGE) (2007-2009). I have held other advisory roles with Regional Development Agencies in the UK and Regional governments in Germany and was part of an academic panel advising the government on productivity indicators in 2006. Specialties:Trade Forecasting, Economic forecasting and modelling, Survey work, qualitative and quantitative analysis, report writing and copy-writing, public speaking, conference organisation, networking Experience CEO Delta Economics June 2007 – Present (6 years 2 months)London, United Kingdom Trade Forecasting, Economic modelling and research-led consultancy for financial and professional services and blue chip companies Founder and Managing Director Delta Economics April 2007 – Present (6 years 4 months) Delta Economics is a research-led consultancy promoting the role of entrepreneurs in stimulating sustainable economic development. We conduct research and consultancy but also run the World Entrepreneurship Summit (www.wes08.net). World Entrepreneur Society Founder and Managing Director World Entrepreneur Society May 2007 – May 2012 (5 years 1 month) The World Entrpereneur Society is a platform for entrepreneurs to change the world. It is a networking and news website with an annual event, the World Entrepreneur Summit, that is based on a strong global membership base. Network partner Group Partners 2008 – March 2009 (1 year) Senior Fellow and Executive Director, GEM London Business School 2002 – 2007 (5 years) Deloitte Research Director Deloitte 2005 – 2005 (less than a year) SPRU, University of Sussex Senior Lecturer SPRU, University of Sussex December 1999 – April 2002 (2 years 5 months) University of Brighton Reader University of Brighton October 1990 – November 1999 (9 years 2 months) Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 31Economic Research 15Economic Modeling 10Economics 8Entrepreneurship 7Qualitative Research 5Business Economics 5Public Speaking 3Networking 3Economic Development 3Policy Rebecca also knows about... 2Policy Analysis 2Econometrics 2Quantitative Analytics 2Government 2Public Policy 2Copywriting 2Research 1Emerging Markets 1Management 1Strategy 1Social Enterprise 1Report Writing 1Management Consulting 1Social Entrepreneurship 1Data Analysis See 1+ Education University of Sussex BA(Hons), MSc, D-Phil, Economics and German 1988 – 1991 Recommendations Given (3) Peter, would you like to recommend Rebecca? Recommend Rebecca Beatrice Harper Beatrice Harper Freelance Researcher Beatrice does a great job and is thoroughly reliable and good to work with. She has outstanding research and drafting skills and I can unreservedly recommend her. March 14, 2010, Rebecca managed Beatrice at Self-employed Caroline Bishop Caroline Bishop Director of Operations IXC UK Ltd and Non Ex. Director South Staffordshire Housing Assocation Caroline has done a fantastic and really impressive job in building IXC and still manages to make a difference through her work with the South Staffs Housing Association. Amazing! June 9, 2009, Rebecca was with another company when working with Caroline at IXC UK Ltd David Bailey David Bailey David was a first class student and a great guy to teach. 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