Felix Nkhoma
- Email: bn14fan@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Digital Financial Inclusion Solutions for Developing Countries: An Analysis on Welfare and Economic Growth
- Supervisor: Dr Suman Seth, Dr Joe Martin Lima Velazquez
Profile
Felix Nkhoma is a PhD (Economics) Student at the Leeds University Business School (LUBS). He has over 10 years of experience in policy formulation, analysis and ancillary research. He has worked as a Chief Economist, principal economist, economist and revenue economist in the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Malawi and climate change officer in the Department of Economic Planning and Development, Malawi since 2011. He is a fellow and Certified Digital Financial Expert of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. His research interests are on development economics, financialisation, macroeconomic analysis, poverty, inequality and green growth
Work Experience
From 2023: Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
2020 – 2021: Principal Economist, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
2013 – 2020: Economist, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
2011 – 2013: Revenue Economist, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
2011: Climate change officer, Department of Economic Planning and Development, Malawi
Research interests
He is mainly interested in development economics, financialisation, macroeconomic analysis, poverty and inequality.
Qualifications
- Phd Economics (pending from 2021), University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School
- Msc Economics and Finance (2015), University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School
- Bsc Agricultural Economics (2011), University of Malawi