Adele Atkinson

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United Kingdom24 yrs 1 mo experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in financial literacy and wellbeing.
Managed international projects across 120 countries.
Consultant with a focus on financial education policies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a focus on financial literacy and policy.

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Policy AnalysisAnalysisQualitative ResearchResearchPublic PolicyEconomicsInternational RelationsInternational DevelopmentData Analysis

About

A recognised expert in financial literacy, financial wellbeing and financial inclusion with 25 years of varied experience in universities and policy environments and a passion for empowering financial consumers globally through financial education and related policies. Academically rigorous, whilst also practical and achievement focused, I have managed numerous high-value projects, multi-disciplinary teams and external contracts; won external funding from a variety of sources and managed diplomatically sensitive situations. I am skilled at designing and implementing research, communicating to a wide range of audiences and providing tailored advice to policy makers, as evidenced whilst working with a network of over 120 countries. Research and policy interests include: financial consumers, financial well-being, ageing and retirement, vulnerability, fintech and digital assets, innovation in education and social policy. I am a Fellow of Netspar and a Research Associate of the G53 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Research Network (G53 Network). I have my own consultancy, and would be more than happy to speak to you about how I can help you to achieve your goals.

Experience

24 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

7 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Oecd - ocde

Research Advisory Group Member OECD/INFE

Jun 2025 – Present · 10 mos

University of birmingham

Professor of Practice in Financial Literacy and Wellbeing

May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Part-time Chair in the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM), with a varied role, including PhD supervision, research and dissemination.

United nations capital development fund (uncdf)

Technical Consultant

May 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

I worked closely with regional teams to undertake a major project to measure financial and digital literacy. This started in the Pacific and is now continuing in Africa. It enables countries to assess their populations in terms of digital access and use, financial literacy and digital literacy, providing vital information for programme developers.

Atkinson financial research and policy

Senior Research Consultant

Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Providing tailored research solutions alone or as part of a team with a focus on financial literacy and wellbeing, financial inclusion, financial behaviours and consumer protection

Oecd - ocde

2 roles

Senior Policy Analyst

Promoted

Mar 2017 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs

Principal Administrator and Senior Policy Analyst at the OECD, co-ordinating the organisation’s extensive Financial Education project, which works with 120 countries and economies.
I have been particularly involved in managing international data collection exercises to undertake cross-comparable analyses of levels of financial literacy and financial inclusion and developing policy guidance for a global audience, including G20 leaders. I also led Technical Assistance projects in several countries in Eurasia and Southeast Europe, focusing on the development of national strategies, data collection and evaluation, and the needs of vulnerable groups, including migrants.

Policy Analyst

Mar 2010 – Mar 2020 · 10 yrs

Informing education, financial inclusion and financial literacy policy at a national and international level, including through the OECD, G20 and APEC. Working on financial literacy measurement - capturing levels of financial literacy in young people and adults, identifying and mapping core competencies for young people and adults, identifying the needs for financial education among migrants and discussing possible policy responses, exploring the overlap between financial education and financial inclusion, and progressing our knowledge of effective financial education and communication strategies for long-term savings and investments and retirement savings. My work was a mixture of policy analysis and quantitative research as well as direct contact with policy makers and public speaking.