Register of Economists Category - Media

Abby is a highly qualified and experienced Economist and Senior Lead - Group Strategy Delivery at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in Sydney. She previously worked as a Management Consultant for more than eight years at leading Big 4, mid-tier and boutique professional services consulting firms such as HealthConsult Pty Ltd, KPMG Australia, Grant Thornton Australia, PwC Australia, AECOM Australia, and Communio Pty Ltd. Abby is a former Executive Director on the Board of the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland Branch) and was formerly the President of Young Economists Queensland.

Tony Makin is Professor of Economics and Director of the APEC Study Centre at Griffith University, and is a member of the National Economic Panel of the Economic Society of Australia. His field of expertise is international macroeconomics and finance and he has previously served with the IMF Institute in Singapore, as a senior economist in the Australian departments of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Trade and Treasury, and as an Australian convenor for the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council (PECC). Tony holds a PhD from the Australian National University, has published widely on Asia-Pacific international policy issues, and is the author of Global Finance and the Macroeconomy and Global Imbalances, Exchange Rates and Stabilization Policy and International Money and Finance.