Christy Goldsmith Romero became commissioner of the CFTC in 2022. She previously served for a decade as special inspector-general for TARP, leading a nationwide federal law-enforcement agency and watchdog over TARP, a programme whereby the US government became a shareholder in banks, the automotive industry and insurance industry; owned, exchanged and traded in corporate securities and derivatives; and administered foreclosure relief for consumers. Before this Ms Goldsmith Romero was counsel to the chairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and spent for four years was senior counsel in the SEC’s Enforcement Division. Prior to this she was an associate and counsel at law firms.

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is the new Global energy & climate innovation editor, covering the energy and utility industries, the clean energy transition, climate innovations and low carbon technologies. He leads our coverage of America’s climate and green infrastructure efforts, and keeps a watchful eye on ESG trends and corporate pledges of net-zero emissions for signs of promise as well as greenwashing.

An award-winning senior journalist, he previously served as both US Business Editor and China Business Editor. He also serves as chairman of The Economist Innovation Summit, a provocative series of global conferences on innovation.

He joined the editorial staff in 1992 as its London-based Latin America correspondent, and opened the magazine’s first regional bureau in Mexico City. From 1998 to 2006, he covered the politics, economics, business and technology of energy and the environment. From 2007 to 2011 his portfolio encompassed innovation, global health, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

His latest book, published by Harper Collins, is “Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems”. Amazon named it a Book of the Month and Kirkus Reviews called it “the perfect primer for the postindustrial age.” In reviewing the book, the Financial Times declared that “Vaitheeswaran is a writer to whom it is worth paying attention.” It has been translated into Chinese and several other languages. His second book, “ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future,” co-authored with Iain Carson, was named a Book of the Year by the Financial Times.

Vijay is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an advisor on sustainability and innovation to the World Economic Forum at Davos, and his commentaries have appeared on NPR and the BBC, in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He has addressed groups ranging from the US National Governors’ Association and the UN General Assembly to the Technology, Entertainment & Design (TED), Aspen Ideas and AAAS conferences.

Phillip Cornell is a principal at the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he leads the EIU’s consulting practice in the Americas. He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Centre, specialising in energy markets and political economy; chair of the Regional & Global Energy Interconnection initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial; and advisor to the World Bank and other institutions. Before joining the EIU, Mr Cornell held senior advisory and management positions at Saudi Aramco, the International Energy Agency and NATO. He is the author of articles and volumes on international energy security, economics and governance.