Nelius has an MCom degree in Economics from the University of Stellenbosch. He was appointed as an intern at Oxford Economics Africa in September 2011 to assist with data capturing, then as a junior econometrician and data analyst in 2013, before being promoted to econometrician and data analyst in 2015. Promoted to senior econometrician in 2022.

Dr Nicholas Fearnley is the Head of Global Construction Forecasting, based in Sydney. Nicholas oversees the teams that produce the various construction, mining, and maintenance studies. He works over the full construction spectrum, and regularly presents and provides commentary for both the construction and mining industries.

Nicholas joined Oxford Economics in 2019 after working at Macromontor, where he was responsible for producing regular Australian building construction forecast reports, and bespoke cost escalation and material demand forecasts.

Prior to joining Macromonitor, Nicholas completed a PhD at the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “A Critical and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Informal Institutions and Economic Development.” He was awarded the Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics, and his thesis was accepted without edits.

Nicholas has undergraduate degrees in both Accounting and Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and a first class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “Culture and the Measurement Decision Offered by Investment Property”.

Nick joined Oxford Economics in July 2022 to lead the Real Estate Economic Service (REES) for Asia Pacific. Nick is responsible for researching, forecasting and analysing commercial real estate trends across all major markets and sectors in the region. He has over 12 years of experience researching and advising clients on commercial real estate strategies, covering direct, indirect and listed markets. Nick holds a Masters (MSc) in Finance from the University of Ulster, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Business (majoring in Real Estate) from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Nick was Senior Equity Strategist at J.P. Morgan, formerly First Republic, where he led equity strategy while acting on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee. In addition, he served on the investment team managing a suite of JPMAM equity strategies. Previously, Nick was a Director and Investment Strategist within the Chief Investment Office at Bank of America. He began his career at Citi Smith Barney, in New York. Nick earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and an MBA from Georgetown University. He holds the CFA designation.

Nick Stavropoulos brings two decades of financial services insights and corporate strategy consulting experience from such organizations as The Economist, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, and The Northern Trust. He has significant experience in crafting bespoke research projects for international corporations, government agencies, and multilateral organizations seeking to align their initiatives and better understand their strategic and operational challenges.

Nick holds his Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Political Science from The University of Illinois and is based in Chicago.

Nick is a Lead Economist in the Applied Economics Consulting team.

Nick specialises in model building and economic impact analysis. He has experience of working on major studies for clients in many different industries and countries in both the private and public sectors, built up from a twenty-five-year career working in Economic Consultancy.

Since joining Oxford Economics in 2008, Nick has worked on many high-profile economic impact studies across the aerospace, defence, and transport sectors. He has also led studies for several international food and beverage companies across different countries that looked at the implications of different excise tax regimes both for the structure of markets and for government revenues.

Nick previously spent 12 years at Experian where he directed the Economics Business Unit and established the Economic Modelling Team. Nick holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in Business Economics with Computing from the University of Surrey.

Nico is a Senior Economist within Oxford Economics’ Global Industry Service where he is responsible for monitoring and forecasting developments in the transportation & logistics sector, writing industry-related reports and research notes on sector-specific and cross-sector themes and issues, overseeing and expressing the house-view on industrial developments in our monthly publications, and working on bespoke consulting projects.

Nico holds a BSc Joint Honours Political Science and Economics from the University of Ottawa and an MSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, achieved with distinction.

Nicola Nobile is Associate Director within the macroeconomics forecasting division of Oxford Economics. He joined Oxford Economics in September 2012 in Oxford and now is the Chief Italian Economist, based in Milan. Nicola has a BA in Finance and a MSc in Economics, both from Bocconi University.

Prior to recently joining Alpine Macro, Noah Ramos spent five years at 13D Research & Strategy. There, Noah played a central role in developing 13D’s disruption and innovation research, where he contributed weekly to 13D’s flagship publication What I Learned This Week. Noah closely tracks automation, space, defense, IoT, infrastructure, and commodities. Specifically, he focuses on how innovation and disruptive technologies shape the future and impact financial markets. Noah holds a BS in Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Finance from Babson College, where he graduated with cum laude honors.

Noelani King Conradie is the managing director for Oxford Economics Africa. Towards the end of 2002, Noelani decided to launch an independent economic service and founded NKC Independent Economists. The business has since grown into a team of over 30 people and in 2015 Noelani sold a majority stake in NKC to Oxford Economics. The company name was then rebranded as NKC African Economics. In September 2021, NKC African Economics decided to fully align its brand with its majority shareholder and became known as Oxford Economics Africa.

Noelani obtained her BCom (Honours) degree from the University of Pretoria, receiving distinctions for both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Her career started in 1995 at RMB Asset Management, before she became a financial economist at Absa Corporate Bank's treasury department. After a period in the stock-brokering arena at SG Frankel Pollak Securities, she relocated to Cape Town to start an economics department at PSG Investment Bank in 1999.

Norbert is our Associate Director for Business Development in the DACH region. Operating from our Frankfurt office, he leads sales efforts and drives revenue growth across the B2B manufacturing sectors in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Eastern Europe—cultivating key client relationships and executing strategic initiatives to secure new business.

Norihiro is a Lead Economist at Oxford Economics. Based in Tokyo, he is engaged in forecasting and analysing Japanese and APAC economy. Prior to joining Oxford Economics in 2021, he worked as an economist at Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance in Tokyo for 9 years, covering Japan's economy, European economy, and global financial markets. During his time at Meiji Yasuda, he has written quarterly economic outlook, and thematic reports on macroeconomic developments and insurance capital regulations. He holds a Master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago in the United States, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Tokyo.

Oliver is Oxford Economics’ Chief Germany Economist and Deputy Head of the European Macroeconomics team. He is based in its Frankfurt office and his research is focused on Germany, ECB policy and inflation. Prior to joining the company in 2017, he has been a senior economist for Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt for seven years working in its macroeconomic and industry teams. He holds a Master’s degree from London School of Economics.

Associate Director

Paige joined Oxford Economics in 2024, coming from Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre where she worked as an assistant economist. During her four and a half years there, she worked on a range of research projects. Paige graduated from Ulster University in 2021 with a first-class honours in BSc Economics.

Paolo Grignani is a senior economist within the macro forecasting division of Oxford Economics. He joined the company in 2022 and provides country coverage of Greece, alongside a host of smaller economies. Beyond that, he produces thematic research on the eurozone and Italy. Prior to joining Oxford Economics, he worked at Banca Sella.

Patrick is a Lead Economist in the Cities and Regions team, specialising in economic impact model development, socio-economic profiling, and bespoke modelling on consultancy projects. Patrick is a UK Office for National Statistics Accredited Researcher. Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Patrick was a Senior Economist in the Economic Development team at AECOM.

Patrick has a BA in Economics from the University of Leicester and an MSc in Economics from Trinity College Dublin.

Paul de Cintra is a Director based at our Dubai office and London where he focuses on project development and support across the Middle East.

Paul started his career as an Economist at National Westminster Bank focused on country risk analysis and then moved to BT where he worked as an econometrician. The focus here was on developing innovative forecasting systems and developing associated training and education programmes for management from board level down. Paul then moved into economic consulting. More recently Paul worked at Experian where he led the development of credit risk scores "with economic foresight built-in". Paul holds a BA (Hons) degree from Durham University in Economics and an MSc from City of London (Guildhall) University in Econometrics.