Tej Parikh

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Tej Parikh is a British economist and writer.

Parikh was Chief Economist of the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, from 2017 to 2021. [1] [2] [3] [4] Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as a journalist for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. [5] He is currently Director of Economics at American credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings. [6]

Biography

At the IoD between 2017 and 2021, Parikh appeared in the media and parliament as an advocate for SME's during Brexit [7] [8] [9] and the Covid-19 pandemic. [10] [11] He left the IoD in 2021 to become Director of Economics at Fitch Ratings. Kitty Ussher, a former Labour Party MP, succeeded him as Chief Economist in September 2021. [4]

Prior to joining the IoD, he was an associate editor and reporter for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, where he wrote articles about Cambodia's economic and political development [12] [13] . His articles have also featured in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Reuters, and The Asia Times, covering international affairs and public policy. [14] [15] [16]

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