19 Facts About Avinash Persaud

Avinash Persaud was the non-Executive Chairman of the London-based Elara Capital, an investment bank.

Avinash Persaud was Chairman of the Financial Services Commission of Barbados.

Avinash Persaud was co-chair of the OECD Emerging Market Network.

Avinash Persaud was a Director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Avinash Persaud was the economic expert on the UK Government's Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information,.

Avinash Persaud was appointed a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund working on risk appetite measures and a visiting researcher at the European Central Bank working on issues of liquidity and transparency in European financial markets.

Avinash Persaud is frequently a guest speaker at G20 central banks and meetings of officials.

Avinash Persaud held the Mercer's School Memorial Chair in Commerce at Gresham College and was elected a Fellow of Gresham College and emeritus Professor of Gresham College.

Avinash Persaud is an elected member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society.

Avinash Persaud is a Governor and Member of the Council of the London School of Economics and served on its Investments and Audit committees.

Avinash Persaud is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Financial Analysis and Policy, at the Judge Institute, University of Cambridge and is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Centre for Money and Banking Reports on the World Economy.

Avinash Persaud has published widely in academic and professional journals including International Finance, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Central Banking and the Financial Regulator, and his work has appeared in the financial press including The Economist and BusinessWeek.

Avinash Persaud has authored a dozen "Op Ed" pieces for the Financial Times.

Avinash Persaud co-authored with John Plender Ethics and Public Finance, published by Longtail and edited Liquidity Black Holes, published by Risk Books, 2005.

Avinash Persaud has won a number of prizes and awards in finance, including First Prize, Jacques de Larosiere Award from the Institute of International Finance and a Bronze, Amex Bank Award in 1994.

Avinash Persaud is known for creating a number of practical ideas and tools in finance including the EMU Calculator, the Risk Appetite Index and the idea that market-sensitive risk management systems can create liquidity black holes in financial markets.

Avinash Persaud is actively involved in education and poverty related charities.

Avinash Persaud is Deputy Chair of the Overseas Development Institute, Avinash Persaud is a Member of the Finance Committee of Coram Family.

Avinash Persaud is a patron of the Bishnodat Persaud Scholarship and a former trustee of the Nita and Errol Barrow Educational Trust and the Lokahi Foundation.