Charles Goldfinger is a Brussels-based international consultant in corporate strategy and economic policy, with particular expertise in financial services and Information Technology. (www.gefma.com)

Mr. Goldfinger advises financial institutions and IT companies on the strategic responses to cyberfinance and cybermarkets. He chairs Financial Internet Working Group, funded by the European Commission.(www.fininter.net)

Mr. Goldfinger has published three books:

- On the future of work - Travail et hors-travail: vers une société fluide, (Editions Odile Jacob, September 1998)

- On the Intangible Economy - L’utile et le futile, l’économie de l’immatériel, (Editions Odile Jacob, Paris, September 1994)

- On international finance - La géofinance (Seuil, Paris, September 1986).

He regularly contributes articles on international economy and finance to leading French-speaking newspapers and magazines.