Dr Kerry Schott CEO, NSW Commission of Audit Kerry Schott is currently the CEO for NSW Commission of Audit following her role as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Water from 2006 to 2011. Kerry spent 15 years as an investment banker, including as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank and with Bankers Trust. She has been Deputy Secretary, NSW Treasury, worked as an economic policy adviser with the RBA and the Commonwealth Government, and as an academic at University College London, Oxford and Princeton Universities.  Kerry has also been a director of the Film Finance Corporation and Australian Airlines, a member of the Corporations and Securities Panel and a Trade Practices Commissioner. EES Information The Economic Society of Australia (NSW Branch) invites young economists to participate in the Emerging Economist Series in 2013/14. The series of six luncheons, held at the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, gives young economists the opportunity to discuss critical issues with prominent Australian policymakers, as well as network with colleagues in business, academia and the public service. The luncheons include an interview-style discussion with the key-note speaker, exploring the issues they have faced during their careers and highlighting Australia’s key economic challenges going forward. Registration for 2013/14 is now closed, however, if you'd like to attend next year's series subscriptions to the Emerging Economist Series will be available from June 2014. For further information on this or any other ESA NSW activity, please contact Diane Litherland at admin@esansw.org.au or on 0405 031 516.