Dambisa Moyo

Renowned Global Economist & Author

Dambisa Moyo

Renowned Global Economist & Author

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Biography

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas.

Dambisa has earned a strong reputation as a top-tier opinion former and trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes. She is a Board member of The 3M Company, Chevron and Conde Nast. She holds a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford, a Masters from Harvard, and is recognized for fresh and innovative ideas as the Author of four (4) New York Times Bestselling Books: Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix It (2018), Winner Take All: China’s race for Resources and What it Means for the World (2012), How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead (2011), Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa (2009).

Dambisa is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Dambisa was named to the list of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World; has published in the Financial Times, WSJ, Barrons, Harvard Business Review and has travelled to over 65 countries. In her spare time, she runs marathons and practices Pilates.

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An Unconventional Path to the Corporate Boardroom: Five Lessons for Women Learned from My Own Success (and Failure)

Democracy Under Siege

As political populism rises amid sluggish growth and widening income inequality, Dr. Dambisa Moyo explores the international trajectory of policy making and what it means for investing in the years ahead.

Investment Themes in a De-Globalizing World

The lens of global investors is changing – becoming more short term and risk-averse. Dr. Dambisa Moyo investigates what lies behind these shifts and how investors can embrace a fastchanging political and economic environment.