Erik Berglöf

EBRD and CEPR

Erik Berglöf joined the EBRD as the Chief Economist in January 2006. The Office of the Chief Economist provides the economic and political analysis that underpins the EBRD's investment decisions and guides the Bank’s strategic planning. He was formerly Director of  the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School. He is a Research Fellow of CEPR and the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. He was previously assistant professor at ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and has held visiting positions at Stanford University.

He has written extensively on financial contracting and corporate governance. In particular, he has applied theoretical insights to the study of differences between financial systems, and specific ownership and control arrangements. More recently, his work has focused on bankruptcy.

He has also been involved in several capacity-building initiatives in transition countries, including as Director of the Center for Economics and Financial Research (CEFIR) in Moscow and the Baltic International Center for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) in Riga. He has served as special advisor to the Prime Minister of Sweden and on several government commissions and EU-related panels. In addition, he has been a consultant to the World Bank and the IMF.