What We Do

We advise several governments, international agencies and provide capacity to the civil society including trade unions, consumer groups and development NGOs on key policy issues. Our work is split between blue-skies long-term oriented public policy development and providing immediately implementable public policy solutions to specific current problems.

We are dedicated to providing solutions to the challenges of 1) managing economic crises 2) bringing about sustainable development, 3) tackling climate change, 4) improving governance 5) developing fair and effective macroeconomic policies and 6) reforming the financial system.

We reach out with information and analysis to increase understanding of these issues and generate an informed discussion and debate amongst policy makers, journalists, academics members of civil society and ordinary citizens.

We challenge and advice policymakers to make better public policy decisions on these issues.

This past year, most of our work has been dedicated to 1) helping solve the euro crisis and develop longer-term economic governance reforms and 2) advocating and advancing the reform of the financial system along the principles of equity, dynamism, diversity, stability, sustainability and accountability 3) developing a detailed blue print on Funding the Green New Deal and 4) engendering a new strategic approach to development.

We have been providing EU policy makers with realistic policy solutions to help 1) stem the panic in the markets, stabilize finance and 2) restore growth improve the functioning of financial markets and harness them for generating positive outcomes while minimizing their negative footprint.

Who We Are

We are a non-partisan, independent and non-profit international Think Tank dedicated to improving the quality of public policy making.

We bring together some of the top professionals in these fields to develop creative yet pragmatic solutions to the public policy challenges of our times.

Re-Define is led by Sony Kapoor, a well-known expert in finance, governance and development. He has a unique background that spans investment banking, working with civil society and public policy-making.

Re-Define Experts

Re-Define’s Experts and Advisory program brings together up to fifty prominent thinkers who have distinguished themselves in their field of work. This group represents the brain trust of Re-Define. In addition to contributing to Re-Define’s work and pool of ideas on a continuing basis, the experts are also responsible for providing inputs for strategic direction for Re-Define’s work. Many of the experts hold senior level public policy positions and hence also provide both an ideal resource and channel for targeted advocacy initiatives. Some of our experts are  

Sony Kapoor, former Investment Banker and Intergovernmental Adviser

Avinash Persaud, former Managing Director State Street Bank, head of Research UBS

John Fullerton, President Capital Institute and ex Managing Director, JP Morgan

Stephen Spratt, Research Fellow, IDS Sussex 

Amit Seru, Asst Prof of Finance, University of Chicago

Sebastian Dullien, Co-Director, Centre for Excellence on Money, HTW Berlin 

Simon Pak, Assoc Prof of Finance, Penn State University 

Thorsten Beck, Prof Economics, University of Tilburg 

Michael Hoffman, former Director General, German Development Ministry and Executive Director World Bank

Rob Johnson, former Managing Director, Soros Fund Management, Chief Economist Senate Banking Committee

Damon Silvers, Member, Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP and Head of Policy, AFL-CIO

Chris Rose, former Vice President Goldman Sachs, COO of several Hedge Funds, currently Risk Consultant

Jose Antonio Ocampo, former Under Secretary General of the UN, currently Professor Columbia University

Stephanie Griffiths Jones, Director Institute for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University

Meenoo Kapoor, former Director of Finance & Financial Controller at several MNCs operating in India

What we are currently working on

• Financial System Reform and Regulation
• EU and Global Economic Governance 
• Solving the Euro Crisis
• A new approach to Development
• Alternatives to Austerity, Tackling Tax Havens and New forms of Taxation 
• Environmental Finance, Green Growth and Green Financial Systems
   

Contact

Please email us at Info (at) re-define.org. Our registered premises as Re-Define Think Tank, a non-proft company incorporated in the UK, are located at 1-3 floor, 124 Baker Street, London, W1U 6TY, UK