About me
I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: i) this is worthless nonsense; ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; iii) this is true, but quite unimportant; iv) I always said so"
(J.B.S. Haldane)
"Lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things" (Virgil)
"You are smarter than your data"
(J. Pearl)
Welcome to my personal website!
I am Director of Research in the Empirical Scientific Approaches team of UBS Investment Bank Research in London, where we use hypothesis-driven empirical methods to help sell-side Investment Research teams make better stock recommandations.
As an economist with broad research interests, for more than a decade I have enjoyed using data and empirical methods to answer policy and business questions, at the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, BRUEGEL, and the University of Birmingham.
My academic works have been published in journals such as Economic Policy, Economics Letters, and European Journal of Political Economy; my policy work has been covered by media such as The Economist and Bloomberg; my commentaries have been featured on The Guardian, Raconteur, Evening Standard, and others.
Work experience
UBS, Director of Research, Aug 2023 - Present
D&B, Associate Director of Research, Nov 2021 - Present
BoE, Senior Economist , Nov 2016 - Nov 2021
BBS, Assistant Professor, Aug 2015 - Nov 2016
BRUEGEL, Affiliate Fellow, Sept 2012 - Nov 2016
BRUEGEL, Research Assistant , Sept 2009 - Sept 2011
ECB, Research Assistantship Program, May 2008 - June 2009
FEEM, Research Assistant, Summer 2007
Education
Solvay Brussels School Economics & Management (ECARES)
PhD in Economics, Sept 2009 - Aug 2015
MSc in Economics, Sept 2005 - March 2008
BSc in Economics, Sept 2002 - Sept 2005
**This is a personal website. Any results or conclusions in the research presented in this website are my own and do not represent in any circumstances the views of UBS.**