Noreena Hertz

(Londen, 1967) is a British economist, professor, activist and best selling writer of books on globalisation. In her book Eyes wide open (2013) she gives clues how to make choices in the digitalised world. Hertz started her studies at the age of 16 working at the Worldbank at age 23 as an advisor to the Russian government. Six years later she set her teeth into the Middle-East peace process. Vogue called her ‘one of the world’s most inspiring women’. In her book IOU: The Debt Threat (2005) she predicted the economic crisis which would break out in 2008. She gave keynote speeches for TED and the World Economic Forum, is advisor to a great number of large corporations, is Professor of Globalisation at the Duisenberg School of Finance in Amsterdam and Associate Director of the Centre for International Business and Management at the University of Cambridge.