Avinash Persaud

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Avinash Persaud is Chairman of Intelligence Capital Ltd, a company specializing in analyzing, managing and creating financial liquidity in investment projects and portfolios. He was Managing Director and Global Head of Research at State Street Bank, the world's largest institutional investor, (1999-2003) and Global Head of Currency and Commodity Research at J.P. Morgan & Co.(1993-1999). He held the Mercer Memorial Chair in Commerce at Gresham College (2002-2005) and was subsequently elected a Fellow of Gresham College.

Prof Persaud is a member of the Council of the London School of Economics and serves on its investment and audit committee. He is a Trustee of the Overseas Development Institute, a Founding Director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals, a Trustee of the Committee of the Corum Family and a recent member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society.

Prof Persaud has published widely in academic journals, the Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek and co-authored with John Plender the recent book Ethics and Public Finance, published by Longtail.

Prof Persaud has won a number of prizes and awards in finance, including the first Jacques de Larosiere Award from the Institute of International Finance (2000) and the Amex Award in 1994. He is known for creating a number of practical ideas and tools in finance including the EMU Calculator, liquidity black holes and the concept of risk appetite in financial markets. In 2001 he was made a Distinguished Visitor of the Republic of Singapore.

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