A tribute to Janika Albers
It is with great sadness that we pay tribute to Janika Albers, a Senior Associate in our Advisory Team who died on November 24th 2011.
We have lost an immensely valued member of the firm, a trusted colleague and to many, a close friend. Our thoughts are with her family, and with our wider community of which Janika was such a sparkling, brilliant and defining member.
Janika's sharp mind and what she liked to call her "German frankness" kept us all focused on providing practical, valuable solutions to our clients. In all her dealings with colleagues, partners or clients, Janika was fair, true, and transparent. She had an extraordinary ability to see through to the heart of the problem, and the clarity of mind to suggest solutions with a simple few words. She was strong, dedicated, sensitive, modest - and what defined her as a brilliant work colleague was equally true of her as a cherished friend to many at Oxford Analytica and beyond.
Janika joined the firm in 2007 and was a Senior Associate in our Advisory group. She played a critical role in developing some of our most important client relationships as well advisory products in a wide range of areas. Among her major contributions were engagements on natural resources and developing an investor risk monitoring framework as well as advising Petrobras on the impact of the pre-salt discoveries. She also worked with consumer goods companies to evaluate the implications of energy and agricultural trends on supply chain sustainability, an exercise that fed into the client’s strategy. Using her experience with econometric analysis and modelling, Janika took a leading role in the conceptualisation and construction of an index evaluating economic growth and subjective wellbeing in more than 100 countries.
Prior to Oxford Analytica, Janika worked at an academic quarterly for international politics. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics (Quantitative Methods) from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Janika loved travel and experiencing other cultures, and she had interned in South Korea and Cameroon, and studied in Brazil, Italy and DC.
Janika’s funeral took place in early December and a memorial service is to be held in Oxford on 10 February 2012.
We will cherish the memory of Janika as a member of our firm, and her many contributions to our personal and professional lives.
