Akshay Kotak
Manager, Economics
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bio
Akshay Kotak
Manager, Economics
Akshay is the Manager of Economics at the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and is currently based in Vancouver. He brings over 8 years of experience in economic research and analysis in academic, business, and policy settings. He is a research associate affiliated with the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has previously worked as a researcher at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, and as an oilfield engineer at Schlumberger in Norway. He was also co-founder of one of India’s first robo-advisors.
Akshay holds a DPhil in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford, and a BS in Industrial Engineering and Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include macroeconomics, capital and labour markets, and the economic, societal, and environmental impacts of technology.
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