Caroline Atkinson

At-a-Glance

Serves as Trustee and Member of Advisory Council at the International Institute for Strategic Studies since 2019.
Served as Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs in the Obama Administration from 2011 to 2015.
Was Global Head of Policy at Google from 2016 to 2018.
Served as Director of External Relations at the International Monetary Fund from 2008 to 2011.
Worked on international monetary and financial policy at the US Treasury Department from 1997 to 2001, advising Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Larry Summers.
Began her career as a journalist for The Washington Post, The Economist, and the Times of London.
Graduated from the University of Oxford with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

Biography

Caroline Atkinson is an American economist, politician, and former journalist. She served as Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs in the Obama Administration from 2011 to 2015, where she was also Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama. Born in Washington, D.

C. in 1952 and raised in London, United Kingdom, Atkinson graduated from the University of Oxford with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).