Applied Microeconomics Early Stage (CAGE - AMES)

Dr Lory Barile, Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Since joining the Department of Economics in January 2019 as a teaching-focused Associate Professor, Lory has held roles as Director of Postgraduate Studies (Taught Degrees), chair of the Postgraduate Management Committee and Director of Widening Participation. She is an Associate of the Economics Network, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). In June 2021 Lory became a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy (WIHEA), where she chaired the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Learning Circle in 2021/2022.

In 2022, Lory became Research Affiliate of the Behaviour, Brain, and Society (Climate Change and Behavioural Change) research group, and IGSD Thematic Fellow and member of the Sustainability Spotlight steering group in 2024.

Alongside this, she is Deputy Director of the Behavioural Environmental Economics Team (BEET, August 2020 - present) and course director for MSc Economics and Environmental Policy.

Professor Caroline Elliott, Professor of Economics and Academic Director, Social Sciences Connect Programme, Member of the Government Regulatory Policy Committee

Caroline is a teaching-focused Professor in the Economics Department, specialising in Industrial Economics, with particular focuses on economic regulation, competition policy, advertising and quality signals. Caroline also has notable economics pedagogy publications. At the University of Warwick, she is Director of the Warwick United Nations University Hub, and Academic Director of the Social Sciences Connect Programme. This programme leads on international research initiatives across the faculty, and on the development of new interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Beyond her work at Warwick, Caroline is a member of the Government Regulatory Policy Committee and a member of The Economics Network Executive. Caroline holds a PhD from the University of Manchester and is a PFHEA.

Emily Rose (BSc Economics 2010), Head of Origination, Balance Strategic Capital

Emily Rose is Head of Origination at Balance Strategic Capital, a specialist fund finance lender, where she leads the origination of tailored financing solutions for private equity and venture capital funds.

Emily graduated from the University of Warwick in 2010 with a degree in Economics before beginning her career at Royal Bank of Scotland in 2011 through its graduate scheme. Following rotations across several areas of banking and capital markets, she joined the bank’s fund finance business, where she spent five years developing her expertise in lending to investment funds.

In 2018, she joined Silicon Valley Bank, then a relatively small, fast-growing business, where she progressed from Vice President to Managing Director. As part of the Strategic Fund Solutions business, she helped grow the bank’s fund finance offering, build client relationships and expand into new markets. Following HSBC’s acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank UK, she continued to help develop the business within HSBC Innovation Banking, where she served as Managing Director and Head of Business Development.

In 2025, Emily joined Balance Strategic Capital to help shape and grow a smaller, ambitious business, bringing more than a decade of experience in fund finance.

Sukrita Chatterji (BSc Economics, Politics and International Studies 2012), Global Head of Client Strategy and Analytics, Barclays Investment Bank

Adanna Anele (MSc Economics 2025), Assistant Economist, Ministry of Justice UK

Adanna is an Assistant Economist at the Ministry of Justice and a recent graduate of the MSc Economics programme at the University of Warwick. She currently works in the Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law (VVCL) Analysis team, having previously worked on prison policy analysis. Across both roles, she has applied economic appraisals and modelling to support policy development, impact assessments and value-for-money assessments.

Adanna also holds a BSc in Economics from Loughborough University. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an industrial placement at Oxford Economics, where she used research and data analysis to support economic impact studies for clients across a range of industries.

Beyond her professional work, she is passionate about improving diversity and inclusion within the economics profession. As a former Ambassador for The Black Economists Network (TBEN), she supported efforts to increase representation and create opportunities for underrepresented groups in economics.