Christopher Butler

Executive Director
Coming soon.

Lorenzo Montanari

Vice-President of International Affairs
Lorenzo Montanari, is Executive Director of the Property Rights Alliance (PRA), an advocacy group/think tank based in Washington, DC USA, affiliated to the Tholos Foundation, committed to the protection of physical, legal, and intellectual property rights around the world. At Property Rights Alliance, Lorenzo is in charge of publishing the International Property Rights Index, an international comparative study focused on intellectual and physical property rights. Previously, he worked for a public affairs firm and at the international department of the GSPM/George Washington University in Washington, DC, and as a political analyst and electoral observer in Latin America. Lorenzo holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Bologna and an MA in Political Management from George Washington University.

Philip Thompson

Policy Analyst for Intellectual Property and International Trade
Philip Thompson is a Policy Analyst at PRA specializing in international intellectual property legislation and trade policy, in addition, Philip also supports the International Property Rights Index an annual publication of PRA. Before joining PRA Philip coordinated youth community development programs in the U.S. and the Caribbean for five years, he also interned at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s foreign affairs task force and at the Cato Institute’s trade policy center. Philip holds a BA in International Conflict and Resolution and an MA in International Commerce and Policy, both from George Mason University.

Andreas Hellmann

Director of Outreach, Tax & Regulatory Policy
Andreas Hellmann is the Director of Outreach, Tax & Regulatory Policy at THOLOS Foundation, former Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a Washington, D.C. based taxpayer advocacy and policy research organization. His focus are issues of international taxation, new forms of digital taxation, regulation and anti-trust reforms.

Timothy Andrews

Director of Consumer Issues
Tim Andrews is Director of Consumer Issues fat for Americans for Tax Reform and the Tholos Foundation. He was previously Executive Director of the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the UK Taxpayers Foundation, the Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Foundation, the HR Nicholls Society, and the Australian Libertarian Society. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Social Science), a Bachelor of Laws, and a Master of Public Policy all from the University of Sydney.

Dr. Christopher Lingle

International Senior Fellow (Global)
Christopher Lingle is a Visiting Fellow at AIER, Visiting Professor of Economics in the Escuela de Negocios at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. Christopher Lingle earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Georgia in 1977. Since then, he has been employed at universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and USA. Currently, he is Visiting Professor of Economics in the Escuela de Negocios at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala (since 1998), Adjunct Scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney), Research Scholar at the Centre for Civil Society (New Delhi), International Political Economic Advisor for the Asian Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDA – Kathmandu), Member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Globalization Institute (Brussels) & Senior Fellow, Advocata (Colombo, Sri Lanka). Dr. Lingle’s research interests are in the areas of Political Economy and International Economics with a focus on emerging market economies and public policy reform in East and Central Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and Southern Africa. His work has appeared as chapters in books, the international media, and scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, Foreign Affairs, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Kyklos, and Pacific Review. His book on the political economy of Singapore’s development was entitled, Singapore’s Authoritarian Capitalism: Asian Values, Free Market Illusions, and Political Dependency (1996). He is widely credited with anticipating the turmoil in the East Asian economies that began in 1997 (The Rise and Decline of the ‘Asian Century’: False Starts on the Road to the ‘Global Millennium’, May 1997).

Dr. Carmelo Ferlito

International Senior Fellow (Southeast Asia)
Dr. Carmelo Ferlito, (Ph.D.) is an economist, a policy analyst, and a manager based in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. He currently is the Director of the Center for Market Education and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), in Kuala Lumpur. He is also a Research Advisor for Provalindo Nusa in Jakarta, Indonesia. Carmelo Ferlito earned a Master in Economics (2003) and a Ph.D. in Economic History (2007) from the University of Verona in Italy. Between 2013 and 2019 he has taught Microeconomic Theory and Policy and History of Economic Thought at INTI International College Subang (Subang Jaya) and at the Universiti Kuala Lumpur-MFI (Bangi). Dr. Ferlito is the author of five books and more than thirty scientific papers. He has applied his theoretical analysis to policy studies, in particular to the Malaysian property market and housing policies and to the issues of financial literacy, cost of living, and agricultural policies. His opinions have been reported by several Malaysian and international media, such as The Financial Times, The Edge, The Star, The Malaysian Reserve, Free Malaysia Today, BFM 89.9, The Jakarta Post, and The Business Recorder.

Pieter Cleppe

International Fellow, Brussels (Belgium)
Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based Policy Analyst, dealing with EU affairs, Brexit, and the Eurozone. He is also the Director of “Brussels Liberty Network”, a monthly gathering of those supporting free-market policies in Brussels. He’s a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator and a frequent commentator in international media. Between 2008 and 2020, he has headed the Brussels office of the British EU affairs think tank “Open Europe”. Before that, he practiced law in Belgium, worked as a Belgian government cabinet adviser, and also co-founded Itinera Institute, a Belgian think tank. He holds a law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (2004) and an LL.M in law and economics from the universities of Hamburg, Bologna, and Vienna (2005).

Jasson Urbach

International Fellow (Africa)
Since 2004, Jasson has worked in various positions promoting a pro-market, limited government agenda in South Africa and abroad. He has worked on and managed a wide range of projects for the Free Market Foundation, Africa Fighting Malaria, The Mercatus Center, and on grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Between 2013-2020, Jasson was a director of the Free Market Foundation, an independent public benefit organization that was founded in 1975 to promote and foster an open society, the rule of law, personal liberty, and economic and press freedoms as fundamental components of its advocacy of human rights and democracy based on classical liberal principles. Jasson also joined Africa Fighting Malaria in 2004 and was a director of the organization over the period 2006 to 2016. Africa Fighting Malaria was established to promote policies that would improve global malaria control. Jasson is the author of numerous scholarly studies for peer-reviewed academic journals, including the South African Medical Journal, Foreign Trade Review, and the British Journal of Urology International, as well as opinion pieces for leading newspapers, including Independent, The Star, Business Day, Cape Times, The Federalist, Mail and Guardian and Forbes Magazine. He regularly presents at international conferences and has appeared on national television and radio.

Bienvenido “Nonoy” Oplas, Jr.

International Fellow (The Philippines)
Nonoy is the President of Minimal Government Thinkers (MGT), a free-market think tank and NGO in the Philippines. He has a weekly column in BusinessWorld, “My Cup of Liberty” from April 2015 to present, and BusinessWorld is the Philippines’ premier business newspaper. He would occasionally be in local TV and radio interviews on various issues. He finished AB Economics then Diploma in Development Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics. He also published two books, Health Choices and Responsibilities (2011) published by Central Books Supply (Manila), and Liberalism, Rule of Law and Civil Society (2014) published by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Philippines Office.

Chrysa K. Kazakou

International Fellow (Greece)
Chrysa Kazakou is an EU-qualified lawyer with a B.A. in Law and an M.A. in International Legal Studies. She also holds an M.A. in European and International Business Law from the University of Vienn and Stanford University. Her working experience includes working as a lawyer for both government and private practice, focusing on the protection of intellectual property rights, corporate agreements and data protection.

Armin Petschner-Multari

International Fellow (Germany)
Munich-born Armin Petschner-Multari worked on several conservative election campaigns before serving as the Head of Digital Communications for the CSU-Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag. He launched his own advocacy group “TheRepublic” in 2021, promoting a conservative agenda in Germany and supporting the campaigning efforts of the CDU and CSU.

Centre Des Affaires Humaines (CEDAH)

Free Market Foundation

IMANI Center for Policy and Education

Initiative for Public Policy Analysis

Zambia Institute for Public Policy Analysis

Institute for Public Affairs

Mannkal Economic Education Foundation

MyChoice Australia

Cathay Institute of Public Affairs (CIPA)

Unirule Institute of Economics

The Lion Rock Institute

Centre for Civil Society

Center for Policy Research

Liberty Institute

India Institute

India Property Rights Alliance

Pacific Alliance Institute

Center for Indonesian Policy Studies

Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

Southeast Asia Network for Development (SEANET)

EBI Think Tank Institute

Samriddhi Foundation

New Zealand Taxpayers Union

Foundation for Economic Freedom

Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.

Advocata Institute

Institute of Future Studies for Development (IFD)

Foundation for Economic Freedom

CPA

Multi

Institute for Market Economics

New Economic School (NES)

Institute for Development and Economic Affairs (IDEA)

Bishkek Business Club

Central Asian Free Market Institute

OHRID Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs

Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED)

Ludwig von Mises Institute

Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju

Stowarzyszenie KoLiber

Warsaw Enterprise Institute

Center for Institutional Analysis and Development (CADI)

Libek

F. A. Hayek Foundation

Association for Liberal Thinking

Freedom Research Association

Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation

Fundación Atlas 1853

Fundación Bases

Fundación Liberdad y Progreso

Fundación Libertad

The Nassau Institute

Populi

Instituto Res Publica

Instituto Liberdade

Centro Mackenzie de Liberdade Econômica

Instituto de Ciencia Politica

Libertad y Desarrollo

Fundación para el Progreso

Centre de Analisis para Políticas Públicas (CAPP)

IDEAS

Asociación de Consumidores Libres

Fundación Eleutera

CIEN

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economía Politica (IEEP)

Fundación Idea

Center of Research and Development (CIDAC)

Caminos de la Libertad

Contribuyentes Por Respeto

Fundación Libertad

Instituo de Pensamiento Estrategico Agora

Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge (CEDICE)

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo

Instituto de Libre Empresa

Institute for Liberty and Democracy

Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform

The Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies

Afghanistan’s Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO)

The Arab Center for Scientific Research and Humane Studies

Lebanese Institute for Market Studies

Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies

Policy Research Institute of Market Economy Pakistan

Alternate Solutions Institute

International Research Foundation (IRF

Pal-Think for Strategic Studies

New Direction

F.A. v. Hayek Institute

Austrian Economics Center

Friedrich Naumann Foundation

Institute for Free Enterprise

Institute for Economic Studies – Europe (IES)

Thought 4 Action

KEFiM – Center for Liberal Studies

Greek Liberties Monitor

Competere

Campagne Liberali

Hibernia Forum

Think In

Instituto Bruno Leoni

Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

Foro Regulación Inteligente

Civisimo

Civita

World Taxpayers Association

Svensk Tidskrift

Svensk Tidskrift

Geneva Network

Bow Group

Liberales Institute

Institute of Economic Affairs

Frontier Centre for Public Policy

Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy

Acton Institute

Property Rights Alliance