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Aline Fares
Campaigner, Author and Activist
Aline Fares is actively engaged in popularising the issue of finance within civil society movements. She worked
from 2012 to 2016 at Finance Watch and co-authored the research report “Representation of the public
interest in banking.” She co-initiated a campaign (belfiusestanous.be), a lab (unbewitchfinance.org) and
performs a show on finance (Chroniques d’une ex-banquière). She holds a diploma from HEC Paris and she
worked for almost ten years at Dexia.
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Anna Maria Romano
International Department, Fisac/CGIL Tuscany
Anna Maria is a representative of FISAC/CGIL, an Italian union for the finance and insurance sectors. She
was General Secretary of FISAC-CGIL Tuscany from 2009 to 2016, and she was appointed Coordinator
of International Policy of CGIL-Tuscany in March 2016. She has been the head of the Ethics and Finance
department for nine years. She has had a multiannual commitment in the policy of gender equality - both in
trade unions and public institutions.
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Antonio Gambini
Development Finance Policy Officer, CNCD - 11.11.11
Antonio Gambini has been working for CNCD-11.11.11 since 2010. It is a coalition of Belgian organizations
committed to international solidarity, and his focus area is financing for development and tax justice issues. He
has published numerous reports and articles on these issues.
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Benoît Lallemand
Secretary General, Finance Watch
Benoît Lallemand is Secretary General of Finance Watch. He initiated the Citizens’ Dashboard of Finance, a
platform allowing a broad range of stakeholders to engage on a global campaign to change finance. Before
joining Finance Watch upon its creation in 2011, Benoît spent over ten years in the financial sector, more
specifically in clearing and settlement. Benoît also has roots in the NGO world as a co-founder of ATTACBruxelles.
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Bodo Ellmers
Policy and Advocacy Manager, Eurodad
Bodo Ellmers is the Policy and Advocacy Manager for debt and financial sector reform at the European
Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad). He has published numerous reports and blogs on finance and
development issues. He is coordinating European civil society advocacy at relevant EU organisations and at
international institutions such as the UN and the IMF.
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Brett Scott
Journalist, campaigner and author
Brett Scott is a journalist, campaigner and the author of The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the
Future of Money (Pluto Press: 2013). He works on financial reform, alternative finance and economic activism
with a wide variety of NGOs, artists and students. He tweets as @suitpossum
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Chiara Mariotti
Inequality Policy Manager, Oxfam GB
Chiara Mariotti is a development economist and Inequality Policy Manager at Oxfam GB, where she leads the
policy work on solutions to inequality for the Even It Up campaign. Her current areas of work include research
and advocacy on the IMF’s inequality agenda and alliance-building around alternative economic paradigms.
Christine Berry
Freelance researcher, writer and consultant
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Christine Berry is a PhD student at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, looking at whether a
post-neoliberal paradigm is emerging in UK politics. She also is a freelance researcher, writer and consultant.
Until February 2017, she was Principal Director of Policy and Government at the New Economics Foundation,
where she specialised in banking reform. She was previously Head of Policy and Research at ShareAction.
She’s also worked as a researcher in the UK parliament.
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Daniel Sorrosal
Policy and Advocacy Manager, European Federation of Ethical Banks and Alternative
Financiers (FEBEA) & International Relations Manager, Crédal
Daniel Sorrosal divides its time between FEBEA, European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks, where
he is responsible of Advocacy and liaising with the European Institutions, and Crédal, the main social financier
in Belgium, as International Relations Manager. Daniel lives near Brussels with his family.
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David Hillman
Director, Stamp Out Poverty
David campaigned to Ban Landmines and Drop the Debt before working on the Financial Transactions Tax. In
2010, he helped create the Robin Hood Tax campaign, comprising more than 100 UK organisations, sparking
Robin Hood campaigns in many countries including across Europe and in the US.
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Deborah Hardoon Deputy Head of Research, Oxfam GB
Deborah Hardoon is the Deputy Head of Research at Oxfam. She leads the organisation’s research on
inequality and has been the lead author on several publications which explore income and wealth inequality and
the implications for Oxfam’s mission to fight poverty and social justice.
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Denis Dupré
Professor of Ethics, Sustainable Development and Banking Risks, University of Grenoble
Denis Dupré is an engineer with a PhD in Finance from Paris-Dauphine University, and a master in philosophy.
He worked in the banking system for 15 years before becoming a professor of finance, ethics and sustainable
development at The University of Grenoble. He has taught in China, Switzerland and Brazil. He has written eight
books on finance, ecology and democracy.
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Dirk Coekelbergh
CEO, New B
Dirk Coekelbergh (1957) studied law, political sciences, cultural management, innovative marketing and peace
management. He is the CEO of NewB, and a researcher (with more than 1000 publications in popular or
scientific reviews and more than 30 books), father (7), grandfather (5). He’s specialized in ethics, alternative
finance, ethical investments, cards & insurance, crowdfunding, alternative banking & company forms, stress
and burn-out, non-profit fund-raising.
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Dominique Plihon Spokesperson, Attac
Dominique Plihon is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics of Paris-Nord University. He is a
member of the Centre d’Economie de Paris – Nord, attached to CNRS. He is a scientific committee member
and spokesperson of Attac, and member of the network of Economistes Atterrés . His latest books are Par ici
la sortie and Toujours plus pour les riches – Pour un impôt juste.
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Duncan Lindo
Senior Advisor at Finance Watch & Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
Duncan is a researcher in the political economy of banks and finance. After 12 years of working for a major
investment bank, he now combines academic research at the University of Leeds where he is a part-time
research fellow with policy and advocacy work for Finance Watch as a senior advisor.
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Etienne Lebeau
Expert on European Affairs, Centrale Nationale des Employés (CNE)
Étienne Lebeau is adviser at the research department of the Centrale Nationale des Employés (CNE), a
Belgian trade union representing 160.000 white-collar workers in the private sector. His main areas of work are
European affairs, in particular trade and investment agreements, economic governance, financial globalisation
and financial regulation
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Eva Sadoun
CEO, Lita
Holding a Master’s degree from EMLYON Business School in Corporate Finance and from ESSEC in Social
Impact Measurement, Eva has worked for the pioneer Indian micro-finance crowdfunding platform (rangde.
org), for a Togolese NGO and for BNP Paribas as CSR analyst. After these various experiences, Eva decided
to contribute her social finance skills to social entrepreneurs and created LITA.co (ex 1001PACT), the first
European impact crowd-investing platform.
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Fran Boait
Executive Director, Positive Money
Fran is Positive Money’s Executive Director and a Director of the Board of Finance Watch. Fran studied Natural
Sciences at the University of Cambridge and went on to complete a PhD researching carbon dioxide storage.
Fran has worked at various global organisations including the United Nations, Greenpeace and BP.
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Frank Van Lerven Economist, New Economic Foundation
Frank is currently leading NEF’s work on greening central banks and monetary policy. Frank specialises in
issues related to money, finance, and banking, and joins NEF from Positive Money, where he was the senior
researcher. His background is in development economics and political economy..
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Frank Vanaerschot Researcher, Fairfin Belgium
Frank Vanaerschot is a political scientist. He has been working at FairFin since 2010 as a campaigner and
researcher on the ecological and social impact of investments and financial regulation. He was one of the
initiators of the platform ‘Belfius is ours’ which aims to organise civil society to defend public and democratic
control of Belfius.
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Grégoire Niaudet
International Advocacy Officer, Secours Catholique-Caritas France
Grégoire Niaudet is a specialist in financial matters, particularly in North/South relations. Since 2010, he is in
charge of these issues for the international advocacy services of Secours Catholique - Caritas France.
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Joan Josep Bosch Economist, Navarra University, Spain
Joan Josep Bosch Gonzalez is a member of ATTAC Spain and ATTAC Navarra-Nafarroa. He is an economist,
with a degree in Economics & Business Management from the Univ. Autónoma de Barcelona, as an Enterprise
Specialist, as well as a Masters in Tax Affairs. He actively participated in lawsuits against the Spanish banking
sector. His experience also comes from audit and finance departments in global companies.
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John Christensen Chair of the Board, Tax Justice Network
John has spent his career investigating the role of tax havens in the globalised economy and raising public
awareness about the harms they cause. He is a founder of the Tax Justice Network and is currently coproducing
a series of film documentaries about tax havens and the Finance Curse.
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Kavaljit Singh
Director, Madhyam
Kavaljit Singh is an economist and Director of Madhyam, a public policy think-tank in New Delhi. His
specializations include international trade and finance, foreign investments, regulatory affairs and global
governance. He is the author of widely published books, and his recent book is ‘Fixing Global Finance: A
Developing Country Perspective on Global Financial Reforms.’ He contributes to Indian and international
newspapers, including The Hindu, Bangkok Post and Financial Times.
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Laurie Macfarlane
Economics Editor, Open Democracy
Laurie Macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for
Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. Prior to this, he was Senior Economist at the New
Economics Foundation. He is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land
and Housing.’
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Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm
Research & Advocacy Co-ordinator - Eurozone Governance, Transparency International
Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm joined Transparency International EU in 2015 to coordinate their programme on the
transparency and democratic accountability of EU economic governance institutions.
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Mathilde Dupré Trade Programme Officer, Veblen Institute
Mathilde Dupré has been advocacy officer in CCFD -Terre Solidaire on tax justice, business and human rights.
She has coordinated several civil society networks on those issues. Since 2015, she is in charge of the Trade
programme in the Veblen Institute, a think tank dedicated to the promotion of a fair and sustainable economy.
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Micah White Co-creator of the Occupy Wall Street movement
Micah White is a lifelong activist who co-created Occupy Wall Street, a global social movement that spread
to 82 countries, while an editor of Adbusters magazine. A sought-after global speaker, he has delivered
numerous lectures at prestigious universities, cultural festivals and private events in Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Denmark, Italy, Indonesia and the United States. Micah is the author of The End of Protest: A New Playbook for
Revolution. Learn more at micahmwhite.com
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Mireille Martini
Senior research and advocacy officer for financial systems for sustainability, Finance Watch
Mireille is a former investment banker focusing on private equity and infrastructure. She moved into climate
finance with the COP21, working with the Canfin-Grandjean Commission on Mobilising Climate Finance and
the Stern-Stiglitz Commission on Carbon Pricing. She holds an MBA in International Finance from the French
Business School ESSEC.
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Myriam Vander Stichele Senior Researcher, SOMO
Myriam Vander Stichele is Senior Researcher at SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations)
in Amsterdam and member of the EC’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (2017). She has
researched and been active from a civil society perspective on different aspects of the financial industry,
including the EU’s financial reforms and trade agreements.
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Nicolas Galepides General Secretary, Fédération SUD PTT, France
Nicolas Galepides; 58, postman since 1981, affiliated to SUD PTT union since 1990. He has been on
the administration board of the La Poste group from 2000 to 2010. He has organised and participated in
campaigns about banking issues, sparing booklet (livret A) struggle against postal public sector privatisation.
Today, he is federal secretary of SUD PTT and is connected with the Postal Bank.
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Olivier de Schutter
Professor at UCL; Co-Chair, International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems
(IPES-Food); Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Olivier De Schutter (LL.M., Harvard University ; Ph.D., University of Louvain (UCL)), the UN Special Rapporteur
on the right to food since May 2008, is a Professor at the University of Louvain. He is also a Member of
the Global Law School Faculty at New York University and is Visiting Professor at Columbia University. His
publications are for international human rights and fundamental rights in the EU, with an emphasis on economic
and social rights and on the relationship between human rights and governance.
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Olivier Hoedeman Research and Campaign Coordinator, Corporate Europe Observatory
Olivier Hoedeman (Dutch/Danish, MA Political Science), is the research and campaign co-ordinator at
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), a Brussels-based civil society group targeting the threats to democracy,
equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their
lobby groups
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Peter Wahl
Executive Member at World Economy, Ecology & Development (WEED); Co-founder of ATTAC
Germany
Peter Wahl is an Executive Member of WEED - World Economy, Ecology & Development Association, Berlin.
He is the co-founder of Attac Germany, and its spokesperson from 2000-2008. His work focusses on the
regulation of financial markets and related civil society strategies. He is the author of numerous books and
publications.
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Rachel Oliver
Lead Organiser, Positive Money
Rachel works to grow, strengthen and mobilise Positive Money’s network of supporters around the UK. She
helps supporters to take action together online and in local groups, and she keeps the network updated with
the campaign. Rachel previously worked for Stop Aids and Crisis Action, and campaigned for a few years at 38
Degrees, before joining Positive Money.
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Raymond Dhirani Head of Sustainable Finance & Extractives, WWF UK
Ray Dhirani leads the sustainable finance and extractives work at WWF-UK, where he has spent the last
six years. Previously, he spent eight years working in the markets division at Merrill Lynch. He has a BSc. in
Economics from Wharton and an MSc. in Environment & Development from the LSE. Ray’s areas of focus
include climate-credible investing, biodiversity risk, as well as policy and regulatory work across global
sustainable finance.
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Stanislas Jourdan
Head of Positive Money Europe
Stan Jourdan is leading Positive Money’s work in the EU. He coordinates the campaign “Quantitative easing for
People” in the Eurozone and works on issues related to the ECB’s monetary policy and governance.
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Stefano Battiston
Professor of Banking, University of Zurich
Stefano Battiston is a Professor at the Department of Banking and Finance of the University of Zurich. From
2015 he also coordinates the FET project DOLFINS that investigates how to better channel finance towards
sustainability in a networked economy. Within the Financial Stability Program directed by the Nobel laureate
Joseph Stiglitz and funded by the Institute of New Economic Thinking, Stefano Battiston coordinates the
Working Group on Financial Networks.
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Wojtek Kalinowski
Director, Veblen Institute
Wojtek Kalinowski is co-director of the Veblen Institute. He writes and speaks regularly about ecological
economics, money and finance.
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ACADEMICS
Academics
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• Micol Chiesa, University of Oxford - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Presenting the research proposal: The Surge of Impact Borrowing: A Study of Magnitude and Determinants of the Green
Bond Supply and its Heterogeneity across Markets
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• Glen Gostlow, London School of Economics and Political Sciences - Department of Geography & Environment
Presenting the research proposal: Common Environmental Risk Factors and the Cross-Section of Returns
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• Benjamin Wilhelm, University of Erfurt - Department of International Relations
Presenting the research proposal: Limits of critique: Civil society politicising financial regulation
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• Javier Solana, University of Glasgow - School of Law
Presenting the research proposal: Financing Sustainability: Does Law Matter?
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• Christian Resch, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Presenting the research proposal: A New Infrastructure for the Market: Central Counterparties, Supervisory Arbitrage and
the Quest for Resilient Market-based Finance
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• Deepa Govindarajan Driver, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School
Presenting the research proposal: New approach to conduct regulation
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