Lloyd Barton

Mr. Lloyd Barton is an Associate Director & Head of Global Trade at Oxford Economics Ltd.
He joined Oxford Economics in 2009 from the Bank of Canada, where he had worked for two years as Principal Researcher in the Financial Stability Department.
He was the Managing Editor and lead author of the Bank’s Financial System Review publication, and he conducted research into the global policy response to the financial crisis.
Prior to his role at the Bank, he was a Senior Economist at the UK’s Financial Services Authority, where he worked from 2005-07.
His role there consisted of analysing emerging risks to the UK financial system, constructing potential stress scenarios, and developing tools to translate this top-down analysis to the level of the individual firm.
He began his professional career in the Economics Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked from 1998-2005.
He progressed to the level of Manager in the Macroeconomics Division, where his responsibilities included forecasting and analysis of the US, UK and Eurozone economies, as well as working on strategic macroeconomic consultancy projects for a range of clients.
Mr. Barton holds degrees in Economics from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick.