Tej Parikh is a British

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

and writer. Parikh was Chief Economist of the

Institute of Directors The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and inco ...

, a private-sector employer lobbyist, from 2017 to 2021. Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as a journalist for

The Cambodia Daily ''The Cambodia Daily'' is an English and Khmer language news site that writes and aggregates news about Cambodia. It was originally an English-language daily newspaper based in Cambodia from 1993 to 2017, and was considered a newspaper of record ...

in Phnom Penh. He is currently Director of Economics at American credit ratings agency

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Biography

At the IoD between 2017 and 2021, Parikh appeared in the media and parliament as an advocate for SME's during

Brexit Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAE ...

and the

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. He left the IoD in 2021 to become Director of Economics at

Kitty Ussher Katharine Anne Ussher (born 18 March 1971) is a British economist, former Labour Party MP and Treasury minister, and former Chief Executive of the Demos think tank, who is now chief economist at the Institute of Directors. She is also a Non Ex ...

, a former Labour Party MP, succeeded him as Chief Economist in September 2021. Prior to joining the IoD, he was an associate editor and reporter for

in Phnom Penh, where he wrote articles about Cambodia's economic and political development. His articles have also featured in

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...

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, and

The Asia Times ''Asia Times'' (), formerly known as ''Asia Times Online'', is a Hong Kong-based English language news media publishing group, covering politics, economics, business, and culture from an Asian perspective. ''Asia Times'' publishes in English an ...

, covering international affairs and public policy.

References

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