Floater, Graham

Dr Graham Floater EGC Director and Principal Research Fellow 

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Position held

EGC Director and Principal Research Fellow

 

Non LSE positions held

Global Commission on the Economy and Climate

Cities Director

 

Experience keywords:

consultancy; energy; financial services; policy and regulatory bodies; public administration

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Graham Floater is former advisor to the UK Prime Minister and senior official at HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. He has served under Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron. Graham’s research interests include international trade, global finance, public private partnerships, and smart cities. His varied roles have included deputy director and senior advisor to the Prime Minister on economics and climate change, Head of European Economic Negotiations at HM Treasury, Private Secretary to a Cabinet Minister, trade official at the European Commission leading on multilateral trade and energy, and lead EU trade negotiator in the World Trade Organization. Graham was appointed to head two major Prime Ministerial Reviews on trading, investment and climate finance, led the creation of the UK’s $2 billion Low Carbon Industrial Strategy, and oversaw the influential Stern Review Team, acting for Lord Stern as advisor to President Barroso of the European Commission.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Consultancy; Energy; Financial Services; Policy and Regulatory Bodies; Public Administration

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Australasia; Australia; Belgium; Brazil; China; EU; Ethiopia; Hong Kong; India; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; United States; international

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Spanish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV

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Awards

Gibbs Prize, Best Research Project, University of Oxford

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