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Re-Define is a leading non-partisan, international Think Tank that advises key policy-makers on financial system reform, economic policy, development and environmental finance. Their work is split between long term oriented public policy development and providing immediately implementable public policy solutions to specific current problems. Since formation it has predominantly focused its efforts on promoting financial sector reform and navigating the current eurocrisis.

About
Re-Define are currently working on projects relating to:


 * Financial System Reform and Regulation
 * EU and Global Economic Governance
 * The Development Impact of the Financial Crisis and New Financial Regulations
 * Tax-Havens, Fiscal Deficits, New Sources of Tax Revenue, Lack of Transparency in Finance, Responsible Finance
 * Environmental Finance, Green Growth and Green Financial Systems
 * Financial Sector Taxation

Their work and/or commentary is regularly featured in leading international print, television, and online media including, among others, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal The New York Times , BBC , Bloomberg and The Guardian.

Staff
Re-Define is led by Sony Kapoor, a well-known international expert in finance and development. Sony has a background in investment banking and derivatives trading and has also worked extensively with multilateral organizations such as the UN and the World Bank, governments including those of Norway and Germany, and civil society organizations such as Christian Aid and Oxfam.

The Re-Define in-house team consists of Linda Zeilina, the INSERT TITLE, and Samuel Lowe, the INSERT TITLE.

Advisory Board

 * Paul de Grauwe – Head of the European Institute at LSE
 * David Webb – Head of Department of Finance at LSE
 * John Kay – Financial Times Columnist and visiting Professor at LSE
 * Charles Goodhart – Professor at LSE
 * Vicky Pryce – Senior Managing Director at FTI
 * Peter Bofinger – Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
 * Anatole Kaletsky – Chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
 * John Monks – General Secretary of the European Trade Union Conference
 * Raj Thamotheram - President of the Network for Sustainable Financial Market
 * Eric Beinhocker – Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
 * José Antonio Ocampo – Former UN Undersecretary-Gerneral for Economic and Social Affairs
 * Robert Johnson - Executive Director of Economic Policy at the Institute for New Economic Thinking
 * Avinash Persaud – Chairman of Intelligence Capital Ltd.
 * George Magnus – Senior Ecomomic Advisor at UBS Investment Bank
 * Willem Buiter – Chief Economist at Citigroup
 * Michael Hoffman – Senior economist in the Center for Economics at the US Government Accountability Office
 * Heiner Flassbeck – Chief Economist (Chief of Macroeconomics and Development) at UNCTAD
 * Kevin O'Rourke – Chichele Prof. of Economic History at All Souls College

Notable Publications

 * Building a Green Financial System – Funding the Green New Deal, Re-Define Policy Paper, 2011
 * Global Imbalances & Global Governance, Briefing Paper, European Parliament, 2011
 * Tackling Tax Flight in the EU, Re-Define Policy Paper, 2011
 * The Financial Crisis, Causes and Cures – A Re-Define, European Trade Union Institute, Bertelsmann and Fredrich Ebert Foundation Book, 2010