Presentation of the 7th edition of the Atlantic Currents Report: Chapters on Economics and Energy

April 8, 2021

The Atlantic Current’s 7th edition provides a unique overview and in-depth analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic as seen from the Atlantic and the challenges it poses for the region. In this edition, the authors examine how COVID-19 has proved to be a destabilizing force in a wide range of sectors such as health, international relations, trade, energy or the economy. This report aims to examine and assess the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis while endeavoring to learn from these new and unexpected times in the hope of formulating solutions to the many issues that have arisen. About the Speakers : - Fahad Alturki, Vice President of Research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) - Rym Ayadi, President, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association and Professor at the Business School, City University of London - Mina Baliamoune, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South - Gerardo Traslosheros, Associate, Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI)

Speakers
Mina Baliamoune
Senior Fellow
Mina Baliamoune is Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South and Richard de Raismes Kip Professor of Economics and University of North Florida Distinguished Professor. She is additionally an Affiliate Professor at the Faculty of Governance, Economic and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI University. She is Research Fellow at NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies (CAS) in Singapore, the Economic Research Forum in Cairo and the Global Labor Organization, and has served as Senior Fellow at the African Center for Economic Transformation, Vice-President and President of the African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA), Associate Editor of the Journal of African Development and Information Technology for Development, and on the Editorial Board of Feminist Economics and the B ...
Rym Ayadi
Founder and Scientific Director, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association
Rym Ayadi is the Founder and President of the Euro – Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA). She is Founder and Director of the Euro-Mediterranean and African Network for Economic Studies (EMANES). She is Senior Advisor at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Professor at the Bayes Business School, City University of London and Member of the Centre for Banking Research (CBR); Chair of the European Banking Authority – Banking Stakeholders Group (EBA- BSG). She is also Associated Scholar at the Centre for Relationship Banking and Economics (CERBE) at LUMSA University in Rome. ...
Gerardo Traslosheros
Associate, Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI)
He is currently Executive Director of PECC México and Managing Partner at SCS Consulting. He is an academic and a columnist. He was Ambassador of Mexico in New Zealand and Consul General of Mexico in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and was Minister in the Representation of Mexico before the OECD. He worked as a Professor and Researcher at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. He was Technical Secretary of the Process for Strengthening the Regulatory Framework for Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy and the OECD. In the Ministry of Economy, he was Director General of Multilateral and Asian Affairs, where he coordinated the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Japan, the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Israel, and was President of the Meeting ...
Fahad Alturki
Vice President of Research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Dr. Fahad Alturki is Vice President of Research at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). In this role he oversees KAPSARC’s research programs and priorities, ensuring that these are strategically focused on impacts within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, both regionally and globally. Dr. Fahad interacts with key stakeholder groups within the Kingdom and internationally, in the private, academic, and government sectors. Moreover, he is responsible for setting the overall directions and parameters for collaboration with KAPSARC’s partners and affiliates. Externally, Dr. Fahad is an independent board member of the General Authority of Statistics Board of Directors and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD). He frequently pres ...

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