Richard O'Brien (economist)

Richard Rhys O'Brien (born 19 November 1950, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a British economist, futurist, author and co-founder of Outsights, a scenario planning consultancy.[1] Since 2009 he has also been a singer songwriter.[2]

Early life

After graduating from Oxford University (MA Hons. Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and Edinburgh University (Diploma in African Studies), O'Brien worked at Rothschild Intercontinental Bank and American Express Bank for 21 years. At American Express, he was Chief Economist and Executive Director and Editor of The Amex Bank Review where he did country risk analysis.[3] O'Brien created the economics essay competition, The Amex Bank Review Awards, in memory of EU architect Robert Marjolin. He worked with the Group of Thirty (G30) on regulation and the World Bank. O'Brien worked on several books on the global economy, including "Global Financial Integration: the End of Geography".[4]

Later career in future planning

In 1998 O'Brien set up Outsights, a scenario planning consultancy, with Tim Bolderson who had worked with him at Global Business Network, where they completed large scale scenario planning projects such as The Future of Japan.[5] O'Brien has led and developed scenarios for business and the UK Government in a wide range of sectors, including "The Future of the International Environment 2010-2020",[6] and directing the Sigma Scan,[7] an online database of future trends to 2050.

Music career

Since 2009 he has published three albums of songs, under his full name Richard Rhys O'Brien.

Publications and songs
  • "I know a little place", music album 2012
  • "Anguneau sunset", music album 2014
  • "Sense in our brains" music album 2015
  • Drivers of change for the future of the UN in Post 2015-UN Development: Making change happen?? , Browne, Stephen and Weiss, Thomas G. (2014) Routledge ISBN 978-0-415-85662-1
  • The Annual Register 300th Edition: a personal future, O'Brien, ProQuest,The 2009 Annual Register: World Events, 9-15, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60030-828-4
  • The Geography of Finance: After the Storm, O'Brien, Keith, Oxford University Press, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2009. ISSN 1752-1386
  • The Future of the Global Economy, O'Brien, Keith, Prest, Outsights Ltd, 2009
  • Corporate Governance, Financial Markets and Global Convergence, Balling, Hennessy, O'Brien, Springer (1997). ISBN 978-0-7923-4825-2
  • Risk Management in Volatile Financial Markets, Bruni, Fair, O'Brien, Allen, Springer (1996). ISBN 978-0-7923-4053-9
  • Finance and the International Economy 8. The Amex Bank Review Prize Essays, O'Brien (ed), Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-19-828962-6
  • Global Financial Integration: The End of Geography, O'Brien, Council on Foreign Relations Press (1992). ISBN 978-0-87609-123-4
  • Banking Perspectives on the Debt Crisis, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2: 25 - 38, 1986
  • Private Bank Lending to Developing Countries: Past, Present and Future, O'Brien, World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 482, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1981

Associations

O'Brien serves and has served on a number of governing councils, and has chaired several international competitions:

gollark: So if I bind `getfenv(-1)`'s return value to a variable, even, then return it, *it works sensibly*.
gollark: Is this some sort of bizarre optimization?!
gollark: This is even weirder. If I access `getfenv(-1)`'s return value in the function `pcall` is running at all, *it works as I expect*!
gollark: I have! I just didn't know `pcall` did this. It's so weird.
gollark: The hard part is making it *mostly* like an actual environment but denying access to some stuff.

References
  1. "Q&A Richard O'Brien" (PDF). ERisk. January 2001. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  2. http://www.richardrhysobrien.com
  3. Malkin, Lawrence (28 March 1992). "ECONOMIC SCENE - International Herald Tribune:". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 November 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  4. O'Brien, Richard (1992). Global financial integration: the end of geography. Council on Foreign Relations Press. ISBN 978-0-87609-123-4.
  5. "Views from 2020 | Economist.com". Economist.com. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  6. "ForeSight". Foresight.gov.uk. May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  7. http://www.sigmascan.org Sigma Scan
  8. "World Challenge | 2008 Finalists". Theworldchallenge.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  9. "Press release: Winners announced for the fifth Shell and the Economist writing competition - Shell Chemicals". Corterra.com. 19 November 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  10. "The Society of Business Economists is the leading organisation serving business economists in the UK". Sbe.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
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