Philippe Legrain

Philippe Legrain is a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics’ European Institute and the founder of Open Political Economy Network (OPEN), an international think-tank. He was previously economic adviser and head of the team providing strategic policy advice to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. He has also been special adviser to World Trade Organisation director-general Mike Moore and trade and economics correspondent for The Economist. Legrain is the author of four critically acclaimed books, most recently European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess – and How to Put Them Right, which among the Financial Times’s Best Books of 2014.