People
Core Team
Every year the Creative PEC team publishes extensively researched reports, briefings, policy explainers and discussion papers, addressing the key issues affecting the creative industries in the UK and internationally. We respond to Government inquiries and data requests, and have assembled an extensive network of industry professionals, researchers and policymakers.
The Creative PEC team are often found sharing their knowledge and expertise at conferences and workshops around the world, as well as during our online and in-person events.
Discover more about what we do at Creative PEC by exploring Research, Policy and Blogs.
Alejandro Ramirez-Guerra
Research Associate at Newcastle University Business School
Alice Kent
Head of Communications
Bernard Hay
Head of Policy
Daniel Simandjuntak
Research Associate for Creative PEC
Duncan Todd
Finance and Administration Manager
Emily Hopkins
Policy Advisor
Giorgio Fazio
Research Director of Creative PEC and Chair of Macroeconomics at Newcastle University Business Schoo…
Hasan Bakhshi MBE
Director
Karen Brodie
Deputy Director of Creative PEC and Deputy Chair of GCEC
Makena Guantai Day
Executive Assistant
Nik Gunn
Policy Adviser
Nirat Rujimora
Research Assistant Creative PEC
Sarah Najm
NUAcT Fellow in Economics of Creative Industries
Simon Budgen
Head of Operations
Simon Jones
Communications Manager
Tom Cahill-Jones
Research Network Manager
