Dr John Llewellyn
Dr. John Llewellyn, a New Zealander, received his undergraduate degree at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and his Doctorate at the University of Oxford. In 1970 he was appointed a Research Officer in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge. From 1972 he was a Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and in 1974 he was appointed Assistant Director of Research in the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge.
He then spent seventeen years at the OECD in Paris, where for the first eight he was in charge of international economic forecasting and policy analysis. He then became Deputy Director for Social Affairs, Manpower and Education, and for the last five years he was Head of the Secretary-General’s Private Office (Chief of Staff).
In 1995 he joined Lehman Brothers as Managing Director and Global Chief Economist. He directs the economic research teams who cover North America, Europe, and Asia.
Dr. Llewellyn’s published work has covered a range of economic topics and he has also co-authored two books: one on the international aspects of forecasting, modelling, and economic co-operation; and the other on economic policies for the 1990s.
Dr. Llewellyn is a member of the Handelsblatt/Wall Street Journal ECB Shadow Council; a member of the President of the European Commission’s Group of Economic Policy Analysis; a member of the International Economics Advisory Board, Chatham House; and a member of the UK Department of Trade and Industry Secretary of State’s Panel on Monitoring the Economy.