In Memoriam: J. Nicholas (Nick) Robinson
Served as Chase's Senior Economist for Europe
The CAA mourns the passing of its member J. Nicholas (Nick) Robinson,who served as Chase Manhattan's senior economist for Europe, Africa and Middle East Area (EMEA) in the 1990s.
Nick was a visiting Professor at the University of Surrey and Chairman of The Hampstead Consultants Group, as well as on the faculty of Lombard Risk Consultants training and consulting group. His career spanned both the academic and the business world.
From 1991 to 1993 he was Hang Seng Bank Professor of Finance at the London Guildhall University. Earlier positions included Head of Economics and Business at Sheffield Hallam University, Principal in the UK Government Economic Service and Lecturer at the University of Reading.
Nick was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Statistical Society and was a member of the Royal Economic Society, the Society of Business Economists, SUERF ( Societé Universities Europeans de Recherchers Financeieres ) and the Economics Association.
He was the author of Techniques of Planning and Forecasting and co-author of Understanding the Economy , Business Behavior and Financial Engineering: A Handbook of Derivative Products. He published widely in academic and business journals and was well-known as a conference chairman and lecturer. He served on the editorial boards of Treasury Today and Balance Sheet and was a consultant to KPMG Peat Marwick's London derivatives group.
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Anyone with additional information about Nick or anyone wishing to send an appreciation/remembrance should send it to news@chasealum.org.