Dr Adam Triggs

Qualifications

• PhD Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (2018)
  • Panel: Peter Drysdale, Warwick McKibbin, Gordon de Brouwer, David Vines, Shiro Armstrong
  • Topic: Macroeconomic policy cooperation and the G20
• Master of Economics, Crawford School, ANU (2011)
• Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, ANU (2008)
• Bachelor of Economics, College of Business and Economics, ANU (2007)

Current positions

• Partner and co-founder, Mandala, 2022 – present
• Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., June 2018 – present
• Visiting fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, April 2021 – present
• Fellow, E61 Institute, Macquarie University, April 2021 – present
• Columnist, Canberra Times, December 2018 – present
• Editorial board member, East Asia Forum, June 2018 – present

Previous positions

• Director and Head of Canberra Office, AlphaBeta (April 2021 to Nov 2022)
• Director of Research, Asian Bureau of Economic Research, ANU (June 2018 to April 2021)
• Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. (May 2017 to June 2018)
• Economic Policy Advisor to Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh MP (Jan 2015 to May 2017)
• Expert Advisor, Oliver Wyman consulting (Dec 2019 to Dec 2020)
• Economic consultant, private consulting (Jan 2015 to April 2021) Including National Australia Bank, NZ Government, Saudi Arabian Government, Bank of Japan, Treasury, PM&C
• PhD candidate, Crawford School, Australian National University (Jan 2015 to Dec 2017)
• Director of Economic Policy, Prime Minister & Cabinet (Oct 2012 to Jan 2015)
• Economist, The Cape York Institute (Jan 2012 to Oct 2012) Micro-evaluation of Indigenous policy interventions working with Noel Pearson
• Advisor, Prime Minister & Cabinet (June 2011 to Jan 2012)
• Economist, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Jan 2009 to June 2011)