Douglas J Elliott, a fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution in the US, is a member of the Initiative on Business and Public Policy. An investment banker for two decades, principally at JP Morgan, he was president and principal researcher for the Center On Federal Financial Institutions (COFFI), a non-partisan think tank.
Elliott’s work as a financial institutions investment banker over two decades has given him a wide-ranging and deep understanding of the industry. He has researched financial institutions or worked directly with them as clients in a range of capacities, including as: an equities analyst, a credit analyst, a mergers & acquisitions specialist, a relationship officer, and a specialist in securitisations. His work encompassed banks, insurers, funds management firms, and other financial institutions. More