Reichlin, Lucrezia
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Lucrezia Reichlin

Full Professor of Economics

London Business School , UK

Main Topics:

  • Sustainability:
    1. She is a trustee of the International Financial reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation and chaired the steering committee that led to the establishment of the International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB) within the IFRS at COP26, November 2021
    2. She was a member of the G20 high Level Independent Panel on financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response in 2021
    3. She was a member of the G7 task force on Impact investing in 2021
    4. She has given several speeches on the subject of green finance and reporting standards related to sustainability and climate risks
  • Monetary Policy:
    1. She was Director General of Research at the European Central Bank, 2005-2008
    2. She led the CEPR report on an evaluation of the new ECB strategy review, 2021
    3. She was an advisor of the Riksbank in Sweden and author of a report on the review of the monetary policy process, completed February 2022
    4. She is consulting for many central banks around the world and she is often invited to speak at their policy and research meetings
  • European Policy:
    1. She was a member of the scientific committee and chair of the economics and social area for the Consultation on the future of Europe, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    2. She is a member of the national productivity council in France
    3. She was member of the Conseil del la nation in France
    4. She is often invited to speak as an expert at the European Commission and the European parliament
  • Macroeconomic policy and financial markets
    1. She is considered one of the leading European macroeconomist
    2. She has extensive commercial board experience in financial institution in Italy and abroad
  • Macroeconomic forecasting models:
    Reichlin is internationally recognized for modeling big data in economics. In 2011 she founded Now-casting economics which sells short-term forecasts to financial companies.
  • The challenges of the international economy in the new geopolitical context
  • The implications of the energy transition for the future of inflation and the challenges for the governance of European economic policy
  • What kind of rules can guarantee a sustainable economy? How do they build themselves in a fragmented world?
  • The economic issues that the next European Commission will have to address. What are the priorities and obstacles and what will change
  • Artificial intelligence and the implications for productivity, work and finance
  • The future of the financial sector and central banks
  • Italy. Why is the south left behind?

Professional Profile:

Lucrezia Reichlin is professor of economics at the London Business School,  a trustee of the Center of European Policy Research (CEPR) and of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation.

She chaired the steering committee that led to the establishment of the International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB) within the IFRS. Reichlin is an applied macroeconomist and econometrician. She has pioneered methods for forecasting with large data-sets and for now-casting. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society and she is honorary international fellow of the American Economic Association.

Reichlin was director general of research at the European Central Bank from 2005 to 2008 and she co-founded Now-casting economics in 2011.  She is a member of a few commercial boards and research institutes and advises central banks and governments on issues related to macroeconomy policy and the financial sector.

Reichlin carries out various non-profit activities and co-founded the Ortigia Foundation, of which she is President, which carries out educational support activities in Southern Italy.

Reichlin is a columnist for Corriere della Sera and Project Syndacate.

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