Renée Friedman

EMEA

Renée Friedman joined The Economist Group in July 2016 as a Managing editor for EMEA.  Her work focuses on thought leadership programmes for the financial services sector.

Prior to joining The Economist Group, Renée worked in a variety of roles: in Economic and Political risk consulting, in finance in the City of London as an Economist, a Macro strategist and a Bond fund manager,  in the  international and UK domestic policy spheres as an Economist to the Treasury Select Committee at the House of Commons and as Senior Economist and Chief Technical Advisor for the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS,  and as an academic, designing and teaching economics courses at universities across London.

Renée has spoken on a variety of panels  and events focused on Russia, Ukraine and other emerging market economies including those for BNE Intellinews, IHS Global Insight, the IMF Poverty Reduction Strategy meetings, and for the UNDP. She has also appeared on CNBC.

Renée holds a PhD in Economics from London Business School, a Masters in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Birmingham, and a Bachelors in International Trade and Development from the London School of Economics & Political Science.  She is also a Prince 2 certified project manager. In addition to her native English, Renée speaks Russian.

Recent contributions

Financial Services
Financial Services

Capital Markets in 2030: The future of equity capital markets

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Financial Services
Financial Services

Eurofinance 2018: Tech adventures in treasury

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Financial Services
Financial Services

Whose Customer Are You? The Reality of Digital Banking in Europe

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Financial Services
Financial Services

Whose Customer Are You? The Reality of Digital Banking in North America

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Financial Services
Financial Services

Whose Customer Are You? The Reality of Digital Banking in the Middle East and Africa

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Sustainability
Sustainability

Sustainability: Technology-enabled

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Sustainability
Sustainability

Sustainability: Moving the conversation forward

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Financial Services
Financial Services

Smart Cities: Investing in the Future

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Financial Services
Financial Services

The Future is Now: How Ready is Treasury?

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