Sony Kapoor, director of international think tank Re-Define, is an influential economist, financial sector expert and development practitioner, whose career spans investment banking, strategy consulting, civil society, academia and policy-making across several countries.

He is also the CEO of Court Jesters Consulting, a boutique firm that specialises in helping businesses break down silo mentality, adopt a futuristic perspective and challenge groupthink in boards, investment committees and top management.

Kapoor holds a multidisciplinary role at the London School of Economics as strategy adviser to the Systemic Risk Centre and is a senior visiting fellow at its International Development and Government Departments. He is also a special adviser to the UN on green finance and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the future of asset management and insurance.