John Christensen ■ TJN signs Alex Cobham to join the squad in January 2015

TJN signs Alex Cobham to join the squad in January 2015

John Christensen

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26 November 2014

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Alex Cobham: joining the squad in January

Alex Cobham: joining the squad in January

It is with great excitement that we share the news that we have signed Alex Cobham to joining the TJN squad in early January 2015, taking the position of Director of Research.

Alex, who is based in Oxford, U.K., will be joining TJN at an exciting time as we expand our research work on measuring the scale of global illicit financial flows and the harmful impacts of offshore secrecy and tax avoidance.

Since 2003 TJN has led the field in producing the dangerous ideas that have risen from nowhere to top the agendas of the G8, G20 and OECD. Alex has been involved with our work for many years, most importantly through his pioneering role in developing our Financial Secrecy Index.

Alex will be blogging regularly to share his perspective on new tax justice themed research, and his research outputs will be made available to anyone and everyone with an interest in this fascinating field of study.

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John Christensen

Trained as a forensic auditor and economist, John has worked in many countries around the world, including a period of working in offshore financial services with Touche Ross & Co. For 11 years he was economic adviser to the government of the British Channel Island of Jersey.In 2003 he became what the Guardian has described as “the unlikely figurehead of a worldwide campaign against tax avoidance.” His research on offshore finance has been widely published in books and academic journals, and John has taken part in many films, television documentaries and radio programmes.John can be contacted on +44 (0) 7979 868302.

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Comments • 2

Peter Ringstad
November 28, 2014 - 9:25 am
Fantastic news! Good luck in the new position, Alex!
Rachel Payne
December 1, 2014 - 5:38 pm
Fabulous news! Looking forward to more dangerous ideas.

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