Picture: Lars Oxelheim, IFN (in the middle), surrounded by the participants in the session (from left): Harald Benink (Professor, Tilburg University and Chairman of the European Regulatory Financial Shadow Committees); Adrian Blundell-Wignall (Professor, Sydney University and former Head of the OECD Financial Markets Department); John Doukas (Professor, Old Dominion University and Chairman of the European Financial Management Association, EFMA and Editor of the journal European Financial Management); Fredrik N G Andersson (Associate Professor, Lund University).
Lars Oxelheim chaired the session, which included an exciting presentation by the former head of the OECD's Financial Markets Department – Professor Adrian Blundell-Wignall – on how politics in China and Russia are on a collision course with those in the Western world in terms of the development towards a sustainable green society. The various posts can be downloaded from EFMA's website. Lars Oxelheim is responsible for the program for EFMA's 35th Annual Conference which will take place in Norway in June 2026.