John Llewellyn Keynote Speaker
- Expert on macroeconomic policy & forecasting, the rise of Asia, population ageing, the economics of climate change
- Principal, Llewellyn Consulting
- Former Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Lehman Brothers
John Llewellyn's Biography
Dr. John Llewellyn is a principal at Llewellyn Consulting, where he specialises in macroeconomics and the economics of climate change.
Before co-founding Llewellyn Consulting, John was Global Chief Economist, and then Senior Economic Policy Advisor, at Lehman Brothers. This followed 17 years at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, where variously he was Head of International Forecasting and Policy Analysis, editor of the OECD Economic Outlook, Deputy Director for Social Affairs, Manpower and Education, and finally Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General.
Prior to that he spent nearly ten years at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Cambridge, and he was also a Fellow of St. John’s College. In 1974 he was appointed Assistant Director of Research in the Faculty of Economics.
John has published widely, including on international economic policy-making and co-ordination; economic forecasting; the rise of Asia; climate change; population ageing; and the war in Iraq.