Elena Vasile
Emerging Markets Analyst, Central & Eastern Europe
MSc in Development Economics, Sciences Po Paris · BA in Economics, University of Bucharest
About Elena
Elena Vasile is an emerging markets economist with 11 years of experience covering Central and Eastern Europe's economic convergence with the Western EU. Her primary focus is on FDI dynamics, manufacturing investment, and the structural transformation of post-communist economies as they move up the value chain from cost-advantage production toward knowledge-intensive industries.
Before joining Eunomist, Elena spent six years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, contributing to the institution's transition economy assessments and regional investment analyses for Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria. She later joined a Warsaw-based economic research institute as a senior analyst covering EU cohesion fund utilisation and regional convergence patterns across the Visegrad Group.
At Eunomist, Elena covers Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, and Croatia. She writes with particular depth on manufacturing supply chain economics, wage convergence dynamics, and the real-world business environment facing foreign investors in Eastern EU markets — combining data from Eurostat, the EBRD, and national statistical offices with on-the-ground economic intelligence.
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