Alexandra Mousavizadeh

Alexandra Mousavizadeh (born 18 Sept 1970) is a Danish economist and partner at Tortoise Media[1] in London and creator of The Responsibility100 Index[2] and The Global AI Index.[3] She specializes in index creation, using data to build indices that rank nations, companies and other entities on key social and technological issues. She is also the Former Director of the Prosperity Index, a comprehensive ranking of the prosperity of more than 140 countries published annually by the London-based Legatum Institute.[4]

Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Born (1970-09-18) September 18, 1970
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
OccupationEconomist
OrganizationTortoise Media
Spouse(s)Nader Mousavizadeh
ChildrenNicholas Mousavizadeh (2000), Phillip Mousavizadeh (2002), and Lucas Mousavizadeh (2006)

Early life

Mousavizadeh was born in Copenhagen to a Danish father, Steen Bream Vedel, and an English mother, Susanna Foster Dickson Vedel. Her grandfather, William Dickson was Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Defence Staff; through him she is a direct descendant of Lord Nelson.

She was educated in Denmark, and Down House boarding school in Berkshire, England before to returning to Denmark to attend N. Zahle's School in Copenhagen. From 1989 to 1994 she attended the University of Copenhagen, graduating with an MA in Economics.

Career

Mousavizadeh began her career at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she focused on its humanitarian endeavours and its efforts to support developing countries.[5] After this role, she was a visiting Research Scholar at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC.[5]

Moody's

Mousavizadeh then worked for Moody's for 10 years. Based in New York, she covered Emerging and Frontier Markets for the Sovereign Risk team.[6] She then moved to Morgan Stanley in London as Head of Country Risk Management for EMEA, before returning to Moody's as Assistant Vice President for the Africa sovereign ratings portfolio.[7] Alexandra is also the Co-Founder of the Global Disinformation Index,[8] the leading tracker of global misuse of information and deception for political or financial gain.

The Prosperity Index

Alexandra acted as Director of the Legatum Prosperity Index; an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a division of the private investment firm Legatum. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life. In the 2018 rankings, 149 countries were ranked, and Norway topped the list, followed by New Zealand and Finland. Afghanistan was in last place. In 2013, twenty-seven of the top 30 countries were democracies.[9] The Prosperity Index is reviewed and critiqued by an advisory panel of academics and scholars representing a range of disciplines and includes: Prof Tim Besley (London School of Economics); Dr. Daniel Drezner (Tufts University); Dr. Carol Graham (Brookings Institution); Dr. Edmund Malesky (University of California, San Diego); Dr. Ann Owen (Hamilton College).

Before joining the Legatum Institute, Mousavizadeh was CEO of ARC Ratings, an Emerging Market-based ratings agency.[6][10]

Tortoise Media

Mousavizadeh is currently a partner at Tortoise Media,[1] and Director of the Tortoise Intelligence team. Tortoise Media is a journalistic platform, founded by James Harding, the Former Director of BBC News, Katie Vanneck-Smith, the former President of The Wall Street Journal and Matthew Barzun, Obama's former ambassador to the UK. Tortoise Media is developing a new approach to journalism; responding to the widening gap between powerful institutions and those entities able to scrutinize them.[11] This approach is built around slower, more detailed, and discursive journalism; Tortoise Media calls it 'slow news'. She oversees the development of the team's indices and data analytics projects as Director of Tortoise Intelligence team; which aims to contribute data-driven findings and to substantiate the slow news approach.

The Responsibility100 Index

[2] Alexandra recently published the Responisibility100 Index, currently in its first beta edition; the Index ranks the companies of the FTSE 100 on there CSR contributions; with reference to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Index has already been recognised by a range of the companies and other non-governmental organisations, as a comprehensive expression of the action and commitment being made in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals. The Index is composed of seven main sub-pillars; gender equality, climate, good business, waster, water, human rights and poverty. It contains 52 unique indicators and draws on over 5,000 data-points to build a dynamic portrait of each company in the ranking. The Index does, however, call for greater transparency and better reporting to expand this data-set. It is published quarterly from January 2020.

The Global AI Index

Alexandra, and her team, have announced the publication of the Global AI Index[12] in December 2019. The index will draw on a range of primary data to measure the capacity for artificial intelligence – specifically through the processes of innovation, investment and implementation – amongst OECD nations.

Commentary

Mousavizadeh has been appointed as a specialist judge for the World Data Visualization Prize, in partnership with the World Government Summit.[13] Mousavizadeh's analysis has featured in a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal,[14] the Financial Times,[15] The Moscow Times,[16] Euromoney, [17] and eNCA.[18]

References
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  2. "The Responsibility100 Index".
  3. "The Global AI Index".
  4. "People". Legatum Institute. www.li.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. "Council 2013". Royal Africa Society. www.royalafricasociety.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. "Executive Management Team". ARC Ratings. www.arcratings.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. Welsh, Tom (14 September 2015). "City Moves for 14 September 2015". City A.M. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. "GDI".
  9. Project Syndicate, Development's Democratic Drivers, Jeffrey Gedmin
  10. Patel, Deepak (17 November 2014). "We believe we'll do a better, more transparent job than the big three: Alexandra Mousavizadeh". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  11. "Our Purpose".
  12. "GAII".
  13. "World Data Visualization Prize". 11 Jul 2019.
  14. Martin, Timothy W. (15 December 2014). "Indiaís Bonds Get an Upgrade". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. Blas, Javier (12 May 2014). "Ethiopia receives first sovereign rating". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  16. Mauldin, William (25 August 2006). "Free of Debt Stigma but Stuck on Oil". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  17. Saigal, Kanika (January 2014). "Capital flows: Ghana rating actions show African currency risks". Euromoney. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  18. "Should Africa establish its own ratings agency?". eNCA. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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