Lydia Prieg is a Researcher at the New Economics Foundation who specialises in financial reform, with a particular emphasis on banking reform, and tax avoidance and evasion. Prior to joining nef, Lydia worked in banking – on the trading floor of Goldman Sachs, selling derivatives to banks, insurance companies, pension funds and asset managers. She has a MA in Physics from the University of Oxford, and a MSc in Political Science and Political Economy from the London School of Economics.