Peter Middlebrook
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Dr. Peter J. Middlebrook (born in Lincoln
, U.K.
, 15 November 1965) is the Managing Director of Geopolicity Inc., and an English political economist/Political Scientist and Emerging Markets
expert specializing in fragile states, international relations and the development of Transition
economies. He is best known for his work as an economic advisor to governments and corporations in Africa, the Middle East (Iraq), Central and South Asia as well as OECD countries, the World Bank
, European Union
, United Nations
and Uk Government. He specialises in the Middle East and North Africa MENA
, South Asia
and the Horn of Africa
with a particular focus on investment finance
and the privatisation and transformation of national economies and productive infrastructure and other public goods, including energy markets. He originated the concept and framework for right-financing
as a practical tool to guide both private and public investment.
specialising in economic intelligence, diagnostic and analytical advisory services to Investment Banks, Government, International Financial Institutions
and Corporations. He worked for the World Bank
in South Asia
and Central Asia
. Middlebrook has published widely on emerging markets
, global recession, geo-strategic interests and on the challenges of Economic Development
and reconstruction of States
, restructuring of government
institutions, political analysis and the political economy
of economic growth and poverty reduction
. He is also a keen independent observer on international relations.
He was one of the three founders of the Great Ethiopian Run
with world record holder and Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie
. Middlebrook currently resides in Dubai
, the United Arab Emirates
. The Great Ethiopia Run now attracts some 35,000 runners each year.
and World Bank
, based in Kabul, from March 2002 until 2007. He led and coordinated the development of the first National Budget for then Minister of Finance Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 he coordinated and led the successful Securing Afghanistan's Future exercise for the Government of Afghanistan and World Bank
; a seven-year US$27.5 billion public investment program presented to an international conference in Berlin attended by 65 finance and foreign ministers.. The exercise raised over USD8 billion in international support. At the request of Government, working on secondment from the Vice President's Office of the World Bank, he led the drafting of the first PRSP and played a key role in delivering the final National Development Strategy. In 2006 he was invited by the US Council of Foreign Relations to make a presentation on Moving Forward: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Afghanistan In 2010 he led the Economic and Infrastructure Development (EID) work presented at the 2010 Kabul International Conference attended by Hamid Karzai
, Hillary Rodham Clinton
and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
. In 2009 he co-authored a UK Conservative Party Back Bench paper on Afghanistan with Member of Parliament Patrick Mercer
and the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Richard Kemp
.
, Aljazeera and CNN. Gulf News
called the report 'The Arab Spring Report', given its definitive approach to identify the drivers of unrest and a framework of corrective measures required by regional and international actors.
and stabilization issues including supporting national security development in Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southern Sudan and Liberia for the World Bank, UN, UK Government and OECD. He is a member of the Cranfield University Security Sector Management National Security Working Group..
Degree First Class (Hons) from the University of Northumbria
in Newcastle
on Environmental Management
, UK and a PhD
from the University of Durham
under the Professorship of the renowned Geopolitical specialist Ewan Anderson
, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies UK on Public Policy
in Ethiopia and India in relation to growth economics.
and Howard Jones (musician)
.His debut album Violet Symphony was written in Afghanistan, recorded in India and mastered in New York and is distributed by The Orchard.
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, U.K.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, 15 November 1965) is the Managing Director of Geopolicity Inc., and an English political economist/Political Scientist and Emerging Markets
Emerging markets
Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Based on data from 2006, there are around 28 emerging markets in the world . The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest...
expert specializing in fragile states, international relations and the development of Transition
Transition economy
A transition economy or transitional economy is an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a free market. Transition economies undergo economic liberalization, where market forces set prices rather than a central planning organization and trade barriers are removed,...
economies. He is best known for his work as an economic advisor to governments and corporations in Africa, the Middle East (Iraq), Central and South Asia as well as OECD countries, the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and Uk Government. He specialises in the Middle East and North Africa MENA
MENA
The term MENA, for "Middle East and North Africa", is an acronym often used in academic, military planning and business writing.The term covers an extensive region, extending from Morocco to Iran, including the majority of both the Middle Eastern and Maghreb countries...
, South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
and the Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent...
with a particular focus on investment finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and the privatisation and transformation of national economies and productive infrastructure and other public goods, including energy markets. He originated the concept and framework for right-financing
Right-financing
The concept of right-financing was coined by English political economist Dr. Peter Middlebrook to highlight the importance of adopting the appropriate policy, institutional and financial support mechanisms to maximize sustainable returns on both public and private investments over time...
as a practical tool to guide both private and public investment.
Biography
Middlebrook is the co-founder and Managing Director of Geopolicity Inc., an international management consultancy and think tankThink tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
specialising in economic intelligence, diagnostic and analytical advisory services to Investment Banks, Government, International Financial Institutions
International financial institutions
International financial institutions are financial institutions that have been established by more than one country, and hence are subjects of international law. Their owners or shareholders are generally national governments, although other international institutions and other organisations...
and Corporations. He worked for the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
in South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. Middlebrook has published widely on emerging markets
Emerging markets
Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Based on data from 2006, there are around 28 emerging markets in the world . The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest...
, global recession, geo-strategic interests and on the challenges of Economic Development
Economic development
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
and reconstruction of States
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
, restructuring of government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
institutions, political analysis and the political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
of economic growth and poverty reduction
Poverty reduction
Poverty is the state of human beings who are poor. That is, they have little or no material means of surviving—little or no food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, education, and other physical means of living and improving one's life....
. He is also a keen independent observer on international relations.
He was one of the three founders of the Great Ethiopian Run
Great Ethiopian Run
The Great Ethiopian Run is an annual 10-kilometre road running event which takes place in late November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The competition was first envisioned by neighbors Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie, Peter Middlebrook and Abi Masefield in late October 2000, following Haile's return...
with world record holder and Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
. Middlebrook currently resides in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
. The Great Ethiopia Run now attracts some 35,000 runners each year.
Afghanistan
Middlebrook worked for the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
and World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, based in Kabul, from March 2002 until 2007. He led and coordinated the development of the first National Budget for then Minister of Finance Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 he coordinated and led the successful Securing Afghanistan's Future exercise for the Government of Afghanistan and World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
; a seven-year US$27.5 billion public investment program presented to an international conference in Berlin attended by 65 finance and foreign ministers.. The exercise raised over USD8 billion in international support. At the request of Government, working on secondment from the Vice President's Office of the World Bank, he led the drafting of the first PRSP and played a key role in delivering the final National Development Strategy. In 2006 he was invited by the US Council of Foreign Relations to make a presentation on Moving Forward: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Afghanistan In 2010 he led the Economic and Infrastructure Development (EID) work presented at the 2010 Kabul International Conference attended by Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...
, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
. In 2009 he co-authored a UK Conservative Party Back Bench paper on Afghanistan with Member of Parliament Patrick Mercer
Patrick Mercer
Patrick John Mercer OBE is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, representing the constituency of Newark in Parliament. He is a frequent commentator on defence and security issues having served as infantry officer in the British Army and held the position of Shadow Minister for...
and the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Richard Kemp
Richard Kemp
Colonel Richard Justin Kemp CBE served in the British Army from 1977 to 2005. He was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, an infantry battalion Commanding Officer, worked for the Joint Intelligence Committee and COBR and completed 14 operational tours of duty around the globe.After retiring...
.
Arab Spring
In 2011 he initiated a report on the 'Costs of the Arab Spring: A Road Map for G20 and UN Support', which was widely covered on BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Aljazeera and CNN. Gulf News
Gulf News
Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates with a December 2009 BPA audited circulation of over 117,036 qualified copies...
called the report 'The Arab Spring Report', given its definitive approach to identify the drivers of unrest and a framework of corrective measures required by regional and international actors.
Stabilization
Middlebrook has advised on National SecurityNational security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
and stabilization issues including supporting national security development in Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southern Sudan and Liberia for the World Bank, UN, UK Government and OECD. He is a member of the Cranfield University Security Sector Management National Security Working Group..
Education
He holds a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
Degree First Class (Hons) from the University of Northumbria
Northumbria University
Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance.- History :...
in Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
on Environmental Management
Environmental management
Environmental resource management is “a purposeful activity with the goal to maintain and improve the state of an environmental resource affected by human activities” . It is not, as the phrase suggests, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of the interaction and...
, UK and a PhD
PHD
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from the University of Durham
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
under the Professorship of the renowned Geopolitical specialist Ewan Anderson
Ewan Anderson
Ewan William Anderson is a British academic expert on geopolitics, economic and social geography. He is also a former English first class cricketer who played all his games for Oxford University Cricket Club....
, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies UK on Public Policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
in Ethiopia and India in relation to growth economics.
Books
When the Public Works: Generating Employment and Social Protection in Ethiopia, Lambert Academic Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-3-8383-0672-8Music
Middlebrook is also British born singer and songwriter Jamie Brooke. During the 1980s he supporting acts such as English Pop Rock musicians Chas & Dave, 10cc10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
and Howard Jones (musician)
Howard Jones (musician)
Howard Jones is a musician, singer and songwriter. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "Jones is an accomplished singer-songwriter who was a regular chart visitor in the mid 1980s with his brand of synthpop. Jones, who was equally popular in the U.S., appeared at Live...
.His debut album Violet Symphony was written in Afghanistan, recorded in India and mastered in New York and is distributed by The Orchard.