Manchester Economic Forecasting

Who are Manchester Economic Forecasting (MEF) ?

MEF is a global macro-economic consultancy operating from Manchester in the UK. It is led by Martin Turner MA(Econ), BA(Econ), FHEA who has previous macroeconomic forecasting experience in both HM Treasury,UK and the City of London (Ernst & Young ITEM Club). Martin also lectures part-time in Applied Economics & Econometrics at Alliance Manchester Business School (MBS). MEF is assisted by a number of economic/academic associates based in both the UK & globally. In working with academic partners, MEF attempts to orientate its applied macroeconomic forecasts/analysis & consultancy on a rigourous academic basis.

MEF Team

MEF Associates (Academic/Business)

MEF has a number of associates/consultants within both academia and industry who work collaboratively with MEF on various projects and/or executive education programs

    Econometrics/Modelling Associates

  • Dr Bernard Walters - worked for 25 years at Manchester University Economics Dept. and has in-depth knowledge of macroeconomic disequilibrium modelling. Bernard has also undertaken considerable consultancy work for both the World Bank, OECD and ADB.
  • Dr Alan Wu - currently Director, China Programmes at the Alliance Manchester Business School China Centre; Alan's Doctoral studies involved the construction of a macroeconomic model for China at the University of Manchester School of Economics.
  • Dr Wenda Zhang(now retired) -has extensive experience as an applied econometrician and an extensive list of academic publications in applied economic & econmetric journals and also works regularly with the Asian Development Bank.

    Business/Marketing Associates

  • Mr Mark Fenn Mark is an experienced banker, consultant and client advisor with a strong track record in sales, business development, strategy, risk and compliance in the City of London. An economics graduate & MBA (Manchester Business School) Mark has over 15 years of corporate and investment banking experience, (Merrill Lynch, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group) & has also worked as a regulatory supervisor for the Financial Services Authority in the UK. He brings extensive experience of advising corporate clients on debt financing and treasury risk management, and managing complex multi-product client relationships – thus making him a key member in developing business/clients for MEF.
  • Dr Jeff Ramsbottom - Jeff is now a Senior Fellow in International Business at MBS following a wide-ranging career running a number of large international organisations.

    Computing/IT Associates

  • Mr Daniel Abbott - Dan is a multi-faced IT expert with over 19 years’ work experience as an IT professionaland has undertaken various consultancy work/projects at the Census Data Unit (CDU) at the University of Manchester he developed innovative research and teaching interfaces to census and spatial datasets (CasWeb, KINDS and AFPD). Dan went on to develop similar web based research tools for academics at the University of Nottingham (5 years). Aside from his extensive experience working with academic institutions, Dan has worked as the lead technical consultant on several European Union funded projects, including the Eurofore Foresight mapping project, EuroTSAS and the Jean Monnet Centre databases. His IT experience also extends to: Developing Web interfaces for specialist research projects, Systems Analysis and Database design, Web Frameworks
  • Dr Alan Zebchuk - Alan has over 12 years’ experience IT consulting and software development backed by an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and Computer Science from Carleton University in Canada, and an MBA specialising in Marketing Management in Technology-Led Environments, and New Media Marketing from Manchester Business School. Working in various capacities ranging from software development, platform technology management, and project management at Fuego Digital Media (Canada and Qatar), Alan became a seasoned and accomplished IT expert. Most recently, he branched off into independent IT consulting with a special focus on application design and developing strategies for clients to leverage their mobile and internet technologies to automate business processes.
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