People

We are a growing institution and would be particularly interested to hear from you if you think you would be a good fit with us in a role as 1) an expert 2) a fellow 3) an employee or 4) an intern. Please send us a covering note stating your interest and a detailed CV. We currently have offices in Brussels and Berlin but also have people working with us in countries as diverse as Sweden, Thailand, Norway, United States and the UK etc. 

We are currently looking to bring people on board in our new Brussels office. Click here to apply

Note: We are always looking seeking people with relevant experience in the financial services industry, public policy and consulting to work with us as interns/employees or in a senior advisory capacity.

Re-Define Experts and Staff 

Re-Define's Expert and Advisory program brings together prominent thinkers who have distinguished themselves in their field of work. This group represents the brain trust of Re-Define.

In addition to contributing to Re-Define's work and pool of ideas on a continuing basis, the experts are also responsible for guiding Re-Define's strategic direction. They provide crucial capacity and expertise on the policy issues that Re-Define works on and provide critical links for advocating Re-Define's perspectives to bring about policy change.

Many of the fellows hold senior level public policy positions and hence also provide both an ideal resource and channel for targeted advocacy initiatives. Their expertise is central to Re-Define's capacity provision, policy making and advocacy role.

Some of our Experts are

Sony Kapoor, former Investment Banker, Derivatives trader, Adviser to governments and International organizations

Avinash Persaud, former Managing Director State Street Bank, head of Research UBS, Chairman of Intelligence Capital

Michael Hoffman, former Director General, German Development Ministry, currently Executive Director World Bank

Rob Johnson, former Managing Director, Soros Fund Management, Chief Economist Senate Banking Committee

Damon Silvers, Member, Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP and Head of Policy, AFL-CIO

Chris Rose, former Vice President Goldman Sachs, COO of several Hedge Funds, currently Risk Consultant

Jose Antonio Ocampo, former Under Secretary General of the UN, currently Professor Columbia University

Stephanie Griffiths Jones, Director Institute for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University

Meenoo Kapoor, former Director of Finance & Financial Controller at several MNCs operating in India

Some of our current staff members are

Sony Kapoor, Managing Director 

Sony has worked in the financial services industry for firms such as Lehman Brothers, ICICI and Aquila, with NGOs such as Christian Aid, Oxfam, Action Aid, Jubilee, Stamp Out Poverty and the Tax Justice Network, with governments including those of Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK and with international organizations such as the European Parliament, the World Bank and the United Nations. 

Anna Gibson, Research Manager

Anna has worked with the UNDP, the Overseas Development Institute and the UK NGO Network BOND

Katarina Wahlberg, Outreach Manager

Katarina has worked for the Global Policy Forum in New York and for Forum Syd in Stockholm

Meenoo Kapoor, Director 

Meenoo has worked for international audit firms, large finance companies and service conglomerates in the Asia in senior roles as a financial controller and director. 

Our Research Associates are 

Makaio Witte (Finance and Development)

Makaio has worked for the GTZ, the technical agency for German official development co-operation 

Icarus Gupta (Finance)

Icarus has worked with Morgan Stanley in Asia

Tatiana Sukhanova (Financial Regulation and Risk Management)

Tatiana has worked for ZAO Raiffeisenbank, URSA Bank and Luxoft in Russia 

Linda Oksnes (Environment and Development)

Linda has worked for LO, the confederation of trade unions in Norway, Statoil Hydro, NUPI a Research Institute and the Norwegian foreign ministry

Madeline Evans (Finance and Development)

Madeline has worked for Merrill Lynch, the DIW Research Institute and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Maksim Kondratjuks (Finance)

Maksim has worked for Snoras Bank in Asset Management

Ryan Hogarth (Environmental Finance)

Ryan has worked with MicroCapital and the Grameen Bank 

Thais Narciso (Environment and Development)

Thais has worked as a Project Manager for Prospectiva, a Brazilian consulting firm that specializes on international business and public policy.

Althea Spinozzi (Finance and Development)

Althea has worked for Goldman Sachs and for the UN Commission for Latin America

Kwame Marfo (Finance and Development)

Kawme has worked for investment banks across a plethora of areas such as capital raising, operations and compliance at Wachovia Securities and Deutsche Bank in New York and Databank Group in Accra, Ghana respectively.

Frederic Baranger (Development)

Frederic has worked for bFinance and the Axa group in France

The Re-Define Fellows Program 

This program brings together young leaders at the top of their fields who bring their unique perspectives to Re-Define

Deepak Tayal (Top Hedge Fund and Financial Risk Expert)