The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) is an independent

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organization concerned with

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, and public investment. OMFIF was co-founded in 2010 by David Marsh, who has subsequently served as its

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. John Orchard is OMFIF's CEO and

Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940) is a India-born naturalised British economist and former Labour politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. He has been a ...

is Chairman of the OMFIF Advisory Board. Michael Lafferty is a former co-chairman of OMFIF. OMFIF has offices in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

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, and

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References

External links

OMFIF website
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