About the Author
Keith Boyfield
Keith Boyfield is a leading economist who has built up a reputation as a writer on economic and financial issues, having written over fifty studies for several leading think-tanks, including the European Policy Forum, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) and the Adam Smith Institute. He has also acted as a consultant to the European Commission.
He is the founder of Keith Boyfield Associates (www.keithboyfieldassociates.com), a City consulting firm specialising in competition and regulatory issues. He advises a range of multinational companies, trade associations and non-profit organisations. He is also a Director of Leriba Risk Services Ltd., specialising in providing analysis and advisory services on African issues to a wide range of private and public sector clients.
Keith is a Fellow of the IEA, a Research Fellow of the CPS and Senior Fellow in Regulation at the Adam Smith Institute. In autumn 2005 he was elected chairman of the Shadow Regulatory Policy Committee, established by the IEA. He is a regular contributor to the press, television and radio. He has written for the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Financial Times, The Business, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent as well as a number of more specialised publications.
