Based in Sydney, Lance Truong is an Associate Director in Control Risks’ Global Risks Analysis practice and the firm’s lead geopolitical analyst in Australia. He specialises in geopolitical, political, security and regulatory risks across China, North-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Previously, Lance worked in geopolitical risk consulting and at a Big 4 firm in Tokyo focused on defence and national security, and began his career as an Australian diplomat posted to China. He holds first-class honours in Japanese Studies from Monash University and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University as a Fulbright scholar, and is proficient in Japanese and Mandarin.

Lauren Braniff is a Senior Economist on the EMEA macro consulting team, based in Belfast. Lauren has been heavily involved in several large-scale industry and macroeconomic model-build projects, as well as a range of bespoke consultancy and research projects.

Laurence is a Lead Economist in the economic consulting team in New York. He was previously Director of Policy Research and Economics at Bird, the electric scooter company. He has extensive experience performing economic modeling, research and analysis for private and public organizations and has worked doing economic analysis for litigation consulting at companies in the US and UK. He has also lectured at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Cape Town, and NYU. He has a PhD in economics from Columbia University.

Business Development Manager

Lawrence Harper-Scott is a senior economist, he primarily produces forecasts for regions in the Nordics and Central & Eastern Europe. Before joining Oxford Economics Lawrence graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Economics.

Lee has over 20 years experience in researching and forecasting Australian property markets, particularly in non-residential sectors. He is responsible for managing and producing a number of subscription services across Australia’s commercial property markets.

Lee’s current focus is on the Sydney and Perth office property markets, as well as prospects for the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane industrial property markets. Lee also contributes to consulting work, including the financial evaluation of commercial development, the economic impact of major projects and strategic employment studies.

Leeuwner Esterhuysen, who obtained his master's degree in economics from Stellenbosch University, is an economist at Oxford Economics Africa. He is responsible for providing coverage and analysis on various West African nations, and spearheads research in the region.

Leo is a Senior Economist within the macroeconomics forecasting division of Oxford Economics. He is based in Paris and is responsible for producing macroeconomic forecasts for France.

Before joining Oxford Economics, Leo worked for seven years as an economist across various organizations, including the French Treasury, the asset management firm Covéa Finance and the economic consultancy Centolla. Léo holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics, as well as the Ecole normale supérieure and Sciences Po in Lyon.

Lead Economist, Economic Consulting, Asia

Liam has worked in the Scenarios, Stress Testing and Financial Modelling team since he joined Oxford Economics in 2017. He develops regulatory scenarios for financial clients including for IFRS9 and stress testing. He is also responsible for overseeing model development projects to enhance the financial market coverage on the Global Economic Model and building bespoke macro-financial models for clients.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Liam gained an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Bath. As part of the course, he spent a placement year working at the Bank of England where he received the Governor’s award for his contributions during the EU referendum. In 2021, he completed a MSc at the University of Amsterdam specialising in monetary theory.

Liam Sides is an Associate Director within Oxford Economics’ Cities & Regions team. He is responsible for global research and analysis on urban economies and provides clients with in-depth insights into sub-national trends and developments across the world. With over a decade of experience in regional economic analysis, Liam has worked extensively across a range of sectors including local growth, skills, transport, and defence.

As a Business Development Manager at Oxford Economics, Ligia specializes in fostering partnerships with corporate clients and municipal governments across Canada. She helps organizations leverage economic data, forecasting tools, and research services to drive strategic decision-making and long-term growth. With a strong understanding of both the public and private sectors, Ligia passionate about connecting clients to the insights that shape smarter policies, investments, and business strategies.

]Lloyd Barton is Head of Thematic Macro Consulting at Oxford Economics, leading bespoke client research into long-term trends in the global economy and financial markets. His areas of specialism include macro forecasting & scenario analysis, global trade, banking & capital markets, real estate, and commercial advisory for infrastructure transactions.​ Lloyd holds degrees in Economics from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick.

Louise Loo is the Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics. She leads the firm’s macroeconomic research and forecasting efforts on Greater China.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, she was a senior economist at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. At Goldman Sachs, she was also a long-term advisor to China Ministry of Finance and the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with regards to their sovereign credit ratings.

Louise is a regular contributor to various international financial news outlets and has earned Economics and public policy degrees with Sheffield University and Columbia University.

Louw is a senior political analyst at Oxford Economics Africa. He joined the company in 2020 after five years with South Africa's official opposition party, serving as its operations director at Parliament and prior to that worked for five years at Crisis24 as a Political Risk Analyst. He has an obsessive relationship with African politics and covers South Africa and several other countries. Louw has a degree in PPE from the University of Stellenbosch.

Luke leads the Data Science and Machine Learning team across Economic Impact at OE with over 7 years' experience working as a professional econometrician. He holds extensive experience building and deploying econometric models, with a focus on leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.

Lyle is a junior economist at Oxford Economics Africa and graduated recently with a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Cape Town. His focus is on forecasting and providing macroeconomic analysis on Southern and Central Africa. Lyle joined the company in 2023 and has taken a keen interest in identifying the key drivers of Africa’s development.

Over 25 years’ of management consultancy experience in economic infrastructure and finance, with a focus on the transport sector:

• Expert support to multi-national infrastructure operators, developers, government organisations and financial institutions, based on a detailed understanding of over 100 privately financed transport projects.
• Track record in delivering robust commercial traffic and revenue analysis for toll road, managed lane, rail and parking projects.
• Development of innovative methodological frameworks and analytic approaches, blending big data, consumer insight and pricing for revenue growth.
• Expertise in financial and cash flow modelling with a proven ability to bring together engineering and financial concepts to produce robust and comprehensible modelling outputs.

Worldwide experience including the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Portugal, USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, Peru, Thailand, China.

Makoto Tsuchiya is an Economist at Oxford Economics. He oversees the forecast and analysis of the electronics sector, including semiconductors. He also works on a wide range of client projects, by way of producing bespoke forecasts as well as written reports. Makoto has a Bachelor's degree from Temple University Japan where he majored in Economics with a minor in Business Studies. He also has sophisticated knowledge in the corporate accounting field.