Our Faculty
The OUBEP teaching faculty brings together academic and industry experts, who combine world-leading research with real-world experience. The faculty for 2019 are currently being finalised. The 2018 faculty are listed below.
Course Director
The Course Director faciliates the smooth running of the programme over the two weeks. A new Course Director is appointed each year, and the role is usually held by a recent OUBEP alumnus.
Alberto Navarretta
Position: OUBEP Committee Member
Since 2018 Alberto has been the CFO of Versalis, one of the leading chemical producer in the international scene, subsidiary of Eni SpA. From 2009 to 2018 he was Senior Vice President of ... See full profile
Core Faculty
The core OUBEP teaching faculty are lecturers and researchers from the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford. The Senior Tutor coordinates all of the academic content of the programme, and the Syndicate Tutors support individual learning throughout the course by facilitating discussion and analysis. Every member of the core faculty attends all of the classes, meals and events that run throughout the two week programme.
Petr Sedlacek
Position: Senior Tutor
Petr is a macroeconomist with a particular interest in the vast heterogeneity among workers and firms. He is fascinated by the ... See full profile
Abi Adams-Prassl
Position: Director of External Engagement
My research sits within Applied Microeconomics, often focused on the econometrics of consumer and family choice. My research has ... See full profile
Andrea Ferrero
Position: Syndicate tutor / Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Andrea Ferrero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford and the Levine Fellow in Economics ... See full profile
Alex Teytelboym
Position: Director of OUBEP
Alex Teytelboym is an Associate Professor in Economics within the Department of Economics in Oxford, Tutorial Fellow at St Catherine’s ... See full profile
Guest Faculty
The Guest Facutly is comprised of first-class economists selected from a variety of academic and industry-based organisations. These faculty members present on specialised topics and expand on theoretical ideas to provoke new thinking.
Johannes Abeler
Position: Associate Professor at the Department of Economics
Johannes Abeler University of Oxford Johannes is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Tutorial Fellow at St ... See full profile
Tobias Berg
Position: Professor of Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Tobias is Professor of Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He was previously Assistant Professor of Finance at ... See full profile
Eric Budish
Position: Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Eric Budish is the Steven G. Rothmeier Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, a Research ... See full profile
James Close
Position: Head of Climate Change, NatWest Group
James has spent his career working at the interface of the public and private sectors with a focus on mobilising finance. He is now ... See full profile
Maeva Cousin
Position: Senior Euro-Area Economist
Maeva Cousin is an economist covering the euro area for Bloomberg Economics. Before that she spent eight years at HM Treasury, where ... See full profile
Fabien Curto Millet
Position: Director of Economics at Google
Fabien is the Director of Economics at Google, where he has worked since 2011. Fabien reports to and works closely with their Chief ... See full profile
Stéphane Hallegatte
Position: Lead Economist, Climate Change Group, The World Bank
Stéphane Hallegatte is the lead economist of the World Bank Climate Change Group. He joined the World Bank in 2012 after 10 years of ... See full profile
Cameron Hepburn
Position: Professor of Environmental Economics University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and Political Science
Cameron Hepburn is an economist with over a decade’s experience working on environmental and climate change issues, with particular ... See full profile
Ole Jann
Position: Assistant Professor, CERGE-EI
Ole Jann, Assistant Professor at CERGE-EI, Charles University in Prague and Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic. He was ... See full profile
Beata Javorcik
Position: Chief Economist, EBRD
As the EBRD’s Chief Economist, Beata Javorcik is responsible for advising the President and other senior members of the Bank’s ... See full profile
Robert Joyce
Position: Deputy Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Robert is Deputy Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He runs the Income, Work and Welfare sector, which leads the ... See full profile
David Myatt
Position: Professor at London Business School
David is a Professor at London Business School, where we has also served as Chair of the Economics Subject Area, Deputy Dean for ... See full profile
Evening Speakers
Distinguished industry-leading keynote speakers join the programme in the evenings to provide topical examples of economic theory in practice.
Robin Bew
Position: CEO of the Economist Intelligence Unit
Robin is the Managing Director (CEO) of the Economist Intelligence Unit, responsible for the overarching commercial and editorial ... See full profile
James Fry
Position: Speaker
James Fry did his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at New College, Oxford, and D. Phil in Economics at Nuffield College, Oxford. ... See full profile
Peter Lacy
Position: Senior Managing Director at Accenture
Peter Lacy is senior managing director at Accenture and a member of its Global Leadership Council. His responsibilities include ... See full profile
Phil Wilbraham
Position: Expansion Programme Director, Heathrow
Phil joined Heathrow in 2003 and became Expansion Programme Director in 2017 accountable for delivering Heathrow’s third runway along ... See full profile
More about The Summer Programme:
Benefit & Impact
Nobody can ignore the wider economic environment. To be more effective in your decision-making, you need economic knowledge, as well as a collection of tools and creative thought-processes to help you react and adapt to the economy. These are the skills that OUBEP teaches.
Delegate Profiles
Delegates are carefully selected to create a diverse and international forum bringing perspectives and experience from every sector and continent. Those who attend are typically high-potential business executives and senior decision-makers in policy-making and NGO roles.