Mina Toksoz is an International Economist having worked at the Economist Intelligence Unit variously as Editorial Director of the Middle East, Europe, and the Country Risk Service. She was Senior Equity Strategist EMEA at AbnAmro, Head of Country Risk at Standard Bank, and Senior Manager of Sovereign risk at Lloyds' Bank. Other associations included Associate Fellow at Chatham House and is currently an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester Business School; and council member of British Association for Turkish Area Studies. She has written widely on Turkey, Middle East, Emerging Markets, and her latest book The Economist Guide to Country Risk was published by Profile Books in 2014.