Careers in Economics Fair 2024

Come and network with a range of employers and management consultancies. The event is for both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Economics and Joint Degrees.

Date: Wednesday 6 November
Time: 12:00 – 16:00
Location: Panorama Suite, Rootes Building

Networking with Employers

You will have an opportunity to meet and discuss what it is like to work in different sectors with representatives from a wide range of employers. Employers include:

• FTI Consulting
• Economic Insight
• Competition and Markets Authority
• CEPA
• Handelsbanken
• Cornerstone Research
• NERA
• Compass Lexecon
• Ofwat
• RBB Economics
• The Brattle Group
• Home Office
• Oxera
• Charles River Associate
• Grant Thornton
• Fathom Consulting
• Department for Education
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

To make the most of this event we have prepared you a handout with guidelines of how to interact with employers. Please download a copy here.

Economic Consulting Panel Event

Time: 1.00 - 2.00pm
Location: Panorama 3, Rootes Building

Do you want to learn more about what consulting is all about?

Warwick Economics Society is delighted to present this special Economics Consulting Panel Event. This event will welcome panellists from three of the largest global economic consultancy firms: FTI, Charles River Associates and Compass Lexecon. These employers are leading the sector in areas ranging from competition economics to public policy analysis and industrial organisation.

What to expect from the panel event:

■ An explanation of what economic consulting.is all about.

■ Career advice from the panellists on how to succeed in consultancy internship applications.

This event is for students of all degree levels, from first year students to postgraduates, so whether you are interested in a graduate role or just want to learn more about the consulting industry, this event is for you! This is a unique opportunity to get your questions answered!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Keynote Speaker - Richard Hughes - Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)

The Warwick Economics Summit are pleased to present the keynote speaker session with Richard Hughes.

Time: 4.15 – 5.15pm

Richard began his five-year term as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility in October 2020.

He started his career at HM Treasury in 2000 where he worked on a range of domestic and international macroeconomic issues and led the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, Following a brief secondment to the French Ministry of Finance in 2007, he joined the International Monetary Fund in 2008 where he headed the Fiscal Affairs Department's Public Finance Division and worked on fiscal reform in a range of advanced, emerging, and developing countries.

Richard returned to HM Treasury between 2016 and 2019 as Director of Fiscal Policy where he oversaw the government’s fiscal strategy, debt management, and treasury operations and served as Acting Chief Economist.

In the year leading up to his appointment, Richard was a Research Associate at the Resolution Foundation where he published papers on fiscal rules, public investment, and the economic and fiscal implications of coronavirus. He also served as Senior Counsellor to the Haut Conseil des Finances Publiques (High Council on Public Finance) in France, Lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, Visiting Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford.

He was educated at Harvard University and the University of Oxford.

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