Stuart Sweeney is a visiting academic at the Centre for European History, University of Oxford, and has taught at Oxford University and the Open University. He has a DPhil in Modern History and an undergraduate degree in PPE, both from University of Oxford. He has taught at Oxford and Open Universities. His first book was Financing India’s Imperial Railways (2011) and he has published articles in journals including Economic History Review. Stuart spent 23 years in finance in London and New York working on a wide range of fixed income transactions, latterly as Managing Director at UBS. He worked in the social investment space as a Senior Investment Manager at CAF Venturesome, and has board positions within social investment. He is now a Investment Director at Social and Sustainable Capital. His academic, financial and social background brings him a varied perspective on the history, politics and economics of Europe.