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.

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.

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.

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 a Lead Economist 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.

Clarissa is an Economist on the Industry team at Oxford Economics, specializing in tailored economic analysis, including industry outlooks, customized models, strategic assessments, and economic impact studies. Before joining Oxford Economics, she worked as an economic researcher at the European Investment Bank and the United Nations. She holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Cobus is currently the Director of Consulting at Oxford Economics Africa, previously the company’s Chief Economist for North and West Africa. Cobus completed his B.Com Econometric Analysis degree at the University of Stellenbosch, opting to also pursue a B.Com Honours in Economics at the same institution. He spent two years with GSEC, a consultancy focused on strategy realignment services in the public and private sectors, before moving to B&M Analysts as a research analyst and later project manager. During this time, Cobus completed his master’s degree and thereafter completed a D.Com in Economics at the University of South Africa. Cobus has been at Oxford Economics Africa for ten years and has managed and worked on a significant number of bespoke projects for both local and international clients, governments and multilateral institutions.

Conor Nevin is a Senior Director and Head of Asset Management Sales in the US East Coast, and UK & Ireland territories.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics in 2019, Conor worked at another leading provider of macroeconomic research, Capital Economics, where he managed the North American Sales Teams for five years. Conor’s experience before entering the world of economic research is in financial services, providing investment and financial planning advice to clients in Ireland.

Courtney is the Senior Vice President for Business Development, and since 2018 has been a member of Oxford Economics’ Senior Management Committee and the business development division’s Global Leadership Team. She is also the business development lead for the company’s IT Liaison group, which identifies and prioritises improvement opportunities and serves as a bridge linking the business lines and IT.

Courtney is responsible for managing the strategic growth and development plans for Oxford Economics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She splits her time between the UK and UAE, overseeing teams in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Milan and Dubai. She joined the business in 2014, and has since worked in a variety of leadership roles across the UK/Ireland, Middle East, Africa and Greater China.  Courtney has more than 15 years’ experience working in business development, and holds a Master’s degree in International Development from Utrecht University (NL) and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations & Political Science from Ohio University (USA).

Dan Martin is a Lead Economist on the Economic Impact Consulting team. During his eleven years at Oxford Economics, Dan has worked on a wide range of topics, including economic footprint analyses in industries such as petroleum refining, air transportation, nuclear energy, consumer goods, and industrial trucks.

Much of his work has focused on labor markets, on topics such as overtime regulation, career progression, retirement savings, and gap analyses relating occupational demand to educational supply. He has also worked on topics such as energy efficiency, international trade, and the economics of warehousing.

Dan has a PhD in economics from Clark University, an MA from NYU, and a BS from Stanford, and previously worked at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Daniel is an economist who joined BIS Oxford Economics in 2020 as part of the graduate program. He has been involved in several consulting projects which included economic due diligence projects for assets transaction sales, scenario modelling, developing macroeconomic models and forecasts as well as conducting strategic cost-benefit analysis and economic impact assessments.

Daniel also has broad economic industry experience through his time working with BIS Oxford Economics’ subscription services. This included analysing and forecasting the construction and mining sectors, as well as the residential and commercial property sectors. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics) and a Bachelor of Economics Honours from Queensland University of Technology.

Since joining Oxford Economics in 2021, Daniel has completed a number of economic impact studies both in the US and globally for clients such as Pepsi, YouTube, and Visa. Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Daniel spent two years with the Overseas Development Institute, acting as an economic policy advisor to the Government of Malawi. He has also worked in anti-trust and competition economics for CRA.

Daniel holds a MSc (Hons.) in economics from the London School of Economics, and a BA (Hons.) in economics from McGill University.