Pi Lunch with Guest Speaker Willem Buiter, Chair in European Political Economy at the European Institute, LSE
Thursday 5th March 12:30pm, Knightbridge

Willem Buiter has held academic appointments at Princeton University, the University of Bristol, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Yale University and the University of Cambridge.  He has been published widely on subjects including open economy macroeconomics, monetary and exchange rate theory, currency unions, financial (in)stability, fiscal policy, social security and pension reform, economic development, emerging markets and transition.  In 1997, he was appointed a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.  From 2000 to 2005, he was Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.  On 1st September 2005, he was appointed to the Chair in European Political Economy in the European Institute at the London School of Econonmics and Political Science.  He has been a consultant and advisor to the IMF, the World Bank, The Inter-American Development Bank, the EBRD, the European Commission and a large number of national governments and government agencies in developing countries, emerging markets and advanced industrial countries.  He also writes a popular blog for the Financial Times called Maverecon: http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/

Please RSVP to Nicola Middleton if you would like to attend any of the above lunches as spaces are limited. 

Nicola Middleton

nm@picapital.co.uk

( 020 7529 5662