Our Team

Beth is a Finance and Administration Assistant based in our Oxford office, Beth joined in October 2019. Prior to joining OE Beth worked in various finance for three years and studied her AAT Level 2.

Betty joined Oxford Economics in January 2024 as Lead Economist covering Greater China and regional trends in Asia, based in Singapore.
Before joining Oxford Economics, Betty served as a Senior China Economist at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, based in Hong Kong. She has built a strong reputation among corporate and financial institutional clients, with her China research widely cited by local and international media. Beyond her Greater China coverage, Betty took initiatives and expanded her research focus to ESG and sustainable finance, leading the team to win the best ESG research award in Australia. Betty started her career at Standard Chartered Bank in 2008, where she worked as a Northeast Asia Economist.

Bianca works with the technology team to coordinate various projects. She has a rich background in development economics and research. Over the last few years, she has worked as an intern and short-term temporary consultant at the World Bank, as a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, as a research assistant to several academics and Economists, and co-founded the Economic Development and Well-being Research Group (EDWRG).

Bianca holds a Masters in Development Economics, Honours in Economics and Undergrad in Human Resources Management from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She graduated Cum Laude and top of the class for all her degrees.

Brendon Verster, who obtained his master’s degree in economics (with distinction) from the University of Pretoria, is an economist at Oxford Economics Africa. He is responsible for the macroeconomic analysis of Nigeria, Mauritius and the DRC. In his previous role, Brendon gained extensive consultancy experience and worked on various projects in both the public and private sectors related to sustainability, renewable energy, and economic development.

Brent is part of the Sydney based business development team where he is responsible for growing the client portfolio across Australia and New Zealand. Having diverse experience across a range of industries including the financial services sector, Brent specialises in assisting financial institutions to improve their strategic decision making capabilities. When not at work, you will typically find him at the beach.

Bridget is Head of Energy Forecasting. She leads the production of oil, gas, coal, and refined fuel forecasts for our Commodities Service and shapes Oxford Economics’ view on energy markets through analysis of key trends and developments.

Bridget joined Oxford Economics from the energy consultancy Flow&Ebb, where she supported corporate and industrial users with energy hedging, procurement, investment, and strategy. Prior to that, she worked in the Victoria State Government Department of Treasury and Finance, focusing on energy and climate policy.

She holds a Master of Development Economics from Victoria University of Wellington and a Bachelor of Business (Economics) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Caio worked for diverse companies across Europe focused on data analysis and visualisation.

Caio holds an MSc and a BSc in Economics from the University of Minho and the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets, respectively. He is currently undertaking a MSc in Applied Neuroscience at King's College London. Caio is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Caitlin is an Assistant Economist in the Belfast office, focusing on forecasting travel metrics for the Europe region. Caitlin joined Oxford Economics in September 2024; prior to this she studied Economics with Finance at Queen’s University Belfast, while completing a 14-month placement with Oxford Economics.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics Africa in 2019, she garnered experience at Economic Research Southern Africa, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Business Development Executive

Cerris-Jane started her career with Oxford Economics as an administrative professional in 2018. Since then, she has since become fully AAT-qualified and part CIMA qualified and she currently manages the finance team, based in our Oxford headquarters.

Our team is a centre of excellence for finance, overseeing the day-to-day bookkeeping, tax compliance and management reporting for most of Oxford Economics’ global entities. Our aim is to provide financial expertise and analytical insights to our colleagues, as well as to facilitate and support Oxford Economics’ continued growth.

Charles Burton joined Oxford Economics in April 2008 as the Director of Business Development and is currently the company's Executive Director. He is also a fellow and council member of the Society of Business Economists and non-executive Chairman of the Sofia Property Fund, an AIM-listed real estate fund, as well as a member of the Scottish Government's Economic Consultants Advisory Group.

Charles has had a long career in business economics. He was an economist for Beecham Pharmaceuticals, before joining the Confederation of British Industry in 1975. At the CBI, he ran the company's business surveys and economic forecasting teams. As Deputy Director of Economics, he was later responsible for the CBI's economic policy representations. Between 1985 and 1988, he was in charge of the economic forecasting and consultancy business of Wharton Econometrics (now part of IHS Global Insight) in the UK and Europe. In 1988, he was CEO and one of the founding directors of Business Strategies Ltd, a leading independent forecasting and consulting operation. After its acquisition by Experian in 2002, he was the global managing director for the company's Business Strategies division.

Charlie is a Senior Economist in the industry team, based in London. He currently coordinates the forecast updates for the global industry service and the industry climate service. He also works on model development and research for these services. Previously, he has been responsible for forecasting the consumers goods sectors.

He achieved a first-class degree in Economics at the University of Bath and joined Oxford Economics in July 2021.

Charlie works closely with Tien Nguyen to manage and service our clients on the west coast. His approach aims to help the users familiarize themselves with the platform, as well as new releases, to ensure they are obtaining maximum value.

Prior to Oxford Economics, Charlie gained experience in a number of industries including commercial real estate, financial services, and nonprofits where he’s learned the value of relationship building through customer success. Charlie holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Georgia College & State University.

Chen Zhao is the Chief Global Strategist of Alpine Macro. From 2015 to 2016, he was Co-Director of Macro Research at Brandywine Global Investment Management. Prior to Brandywine Global, Chen spent 23 years at BCA Research as Partner, Managing Editor and Chief Global Strategist, Chen developed and wrote BCA’s China and Emerging Markets publications in the 1990s. Chen became the firm’s Chief Global Strategist in the 2000s and was the author of BCA’s flagship publication, Global Investment Strategy from 2005 to 2015. He holds an MA in economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics, was a visiting scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and pursued post graduate studies with a PhD candidacy at McGill University.

Christa Borromeo joined Oxford Economics Canada from a global economic research and advisory firm where she held account management and growth responsibilities primarily within the financial services sector across Canada, the United States and Latin America.

Prior to this, Christa worked with Gartner Inc. where she held sales and account management responsibilities working with Heads of Private Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking and Operations and their teams across Asia. In addition, Christa led the firm’s Financial Services Practice team and was instrumental in leading key initiatives and developing best practices and relationships in the region.

Christian Savelli is a seasoned professional with decades of experience in research and intelligence and joined Tourism Economics from Cruise Lines International Association, where for more than six years, he served as Vice President, Research and Business Analytics. He has a rich background in developing business intelligence solutions, conducting analysis and research, and synthesizing input from multiple sources to deliver executive recommendations. Before CLIA, Savelli was the Senior Director of Business Intelligence and Research at MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and Director of Business Intelligence at Maritz Travel. Additionally, he has ten years of experience in the hotel industry and holds an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Christopher Reynolds is an Economist in the Cities & Regions team.

Chris Warner joined Oxford Economics in 2022 as an Associate Director, in the Economic Impact team.

Since joining Oxford Economics, he has been involved in numerous high-profile economic impact studies in a number of sectors, including tech and digital media.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Chris worked in the economics department of the British Business Bank, and for economic consulting firm Simetrica-Jacobs, where he specialised in cost-benefit analysis and impact evaluation. He has an MSc in International Economics & Economic Policy from Goethe University Frankfurt.