Tej Parikh
{{Short description|British economist and writer}}
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Tej Parikh is a British economist and writer.
Parikh was Chief Economist of the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, from 2017 to 2021.{{Cite web|last=Turner|first=Millie|date=2021-06-30|title=City Moves: Who's switching jobs in the Square Mile this week?|url=https://www.cityam.com/city-moves-whos-switching-jobs-in-the-square-mile-this-week-11/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=City A.M.}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-09|title=IoD South West {{!}} Tuesday @ 2 with Tej Parikh, IoD's Chief Economist: Covid19 and the Impact on the Economy so far|url=https://www.iod.com/events-community/events/event-details/eventdateid/22232|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Institute of Directors}}{{Cite web|last=Parikh|first=Tej|date=2021-07-02|title=End Of An Era|url=https://www.iod.com/news-campaigns/news/articles/End-Of-An-Era|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Institute of Directors}}{{Cite news|last=Narwan|first=Gurpreet|date=2021-09-03|title=Ex-minister Kitty Ussher appointed chief economist at Institute of Directors|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ex-minister-kitty-ussher-appointed-chief-economist-at-institute-of-directors-kg5szxbw8|access-date=2021-09-04}} Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as a journalist for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh.{{Cite web|title=Tej Parikh|url=https://english.cambodiadaily.com/author/tej-parikh/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=The Cambodia Daily}} He is currently Director of Economics at American credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-09|title=Data points to 'significant' price pressure building, economist says|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/08/09/data-points-to-significant-price-pressure-building-economist-says.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=CNBC}}
Biography
At the IoD between 2017 and 2021, Parikh appeared in the media and parliament as an advocate for SME's during Brexit{{Cite news|title=Economist: This is how to fix UK economy ahead of Brexit|work=CNN Business|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/08/09/parikh-how-to-fix-uk-economy-sot-express.cnn|access-date=2021-08-30}}{{Cite web|last=Parikh|first=Tej|date=2019-04-24|title=Britain Can't Afford to Keep Talking About Brexit|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/24/britain-cant-afford-to-keep-talking-about-brexit/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Foreign Policy}}{{Cite web|last=Kollewe|first=Julia|date=2019-07-04|title=Uncertainty over next PM knocks confidence, say UK business leaders|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/05/uncertainty-over-next-pm-knocks-confidence-say-uk-business-leaders|access-date=2021-08-30|website=The Guardian}} and the Covid-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-14|title=Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee|url=https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/84ad757b-00d2-489f-a915-dd80088c2609|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Parliamentlive.tv}}{{Cite web|title=Economic impact of coronavirus|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/224/economic-impact-of-coronavirus/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=UK Parliament}} He left the IoD in 2021 to become Director of Economics at Fitch Ratings. Kitty Ussher, a former Labour Party MP, succeeded him as Chief Economist in September 2021.
Prior to joining the IoD, he was an associate editor and reporter for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, where he wrote articles about Cambodia's economic and political development.{{Cite web|last=Parikh|first=Tej|date=2015-10-08|title=Despite Strong Growth, Economy Still Fragile|url=https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/despite-strong-growth-economy-still-fragile-96829/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=The Cambodia Daily}}{{Cite web|last=Sovuthy|first=Khy|last2=Parikh|first2=Tej|date=2016-03-30|title=Cambodia's Democratic Progress Stymied in 2015|url=https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodias-democratic-progress-stymied-in-2015-110581/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=The Cambodia Daily}} His articles have also featured in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Reuters, and The Asia Times, covering international affairs and public policy.{{Cite web|date=|title=Tej Parikh|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/tej-parikh|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Foreign Affairs}}{{Cite web|title=Tej Parikh|url=https://www.reuters.com/journalists/tej-parikh|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Reuters}}{{Cite web|title=Tej Parikh|url=https://asiatimes.com/author/tej-parikh/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Asia Times}}