Dr Gerard Lyons is an economist who has been described by The Times as, "one of the most influential analysts of the global economy." He is the chief economic strategist at Netwealth, the discretionary wealth manager with an excellent performance record. He is also Senior Independent Director and a board member of Bank of China (UK), a board member and Chair of the Risk Committee at BGC Partners, the global brokerage firm. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and previously sat on the Board of TheCityUK.
From 1999 to 2012, he was Group Head of Global Research, Chief Economist, and a member of the Executive Forum at Standard Chartered Bank. On the environment, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment since 2008 and joined the Bretton Woods Committee’s Climate and Energy Transition Finance project team in 2022.
In public policy, Dr Lyons advised Boris Johnson as Mayor of London, served as a senior advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Business Council for Britain, and was a candidate for Governor of the Bank of England in 2019. He was an inaugural member of the EU Commission’s Network of China Experts and has been a member of World Economic Forum Councils.
In 2021, he was appointed to the UK Economy Honours Committee. A new series of Elfonomics - a podcast on economic issues with his award winning comedian daughter - is just out.
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Dr Jörn Quitzau
Bergos, Bergos AG
Economic Outlook for Germany and the Eurozone
Dr Jörn Quitzau studied Economics in Hamburg, Germany. He has previously held positions at Financial Times Deutschland, Deutsche Bank Research, and Berenberg before he joined Bergos AG in April 2024. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at the American-German Institute, Washington D.C. He is the host of two Economics podcasts and has published two books on Economic Policy.
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Rory Green
TS Lombard
Tech, Tariffs and a New World Order
Rory joined TS Lombard in 2018, returning to the UK after almost a decade in Asia. Prior to TS Lombard, Rory spent four years with PRC Macro Advisors, a Beijing based investment strategy firm specialising in China’s political economy. Before turning to economics, Rory worked at a number of Beijing based mediatech start-ups. Rory is a fluent Mandarin speaker and the winner of two Chinese government scholarships in Economics and Mandarin.
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Anatole Kaletsky
Gavekal
US Macroeconomic Outlook
Anatole is co-founder, chairman and chief economist of Gavekal. Before founding Gavekal he worked for 30 years as an economic journalist and commentator at the _Financial Times_, _The Economist_, and the London _Times_. He is also chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, a foundation created to reform academic economics after the 2008 global financial crisis. His book _Capitalism 4.0_, on the post-crisis transformation of the global economy, was nominated for the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize.
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Netwealth
Dr Gerard Lyons
Netwealth is a modern wealth manager who helps individuals and their families to plan and manage their personal wealth. The company combines industry experts, advanced wealth planning technology and access to qualified advisers to give you a comprehensive investment offering, at a fraction of the industry cost.
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Bergos, Bergos AG
Dr Jörn Quitzau
Economic Outlook for Germany and the Eurozone
Bergos is an independent, internationally operating Swiss Private Bank with headquarters in Zurich and a branch in Geneva. Bergos emerged in 2021 with a new shareholder base from its former mother company, the Berenberg Group founded in 1590, and has been serving international private clients and entrepreneurs in the Swiss financial center for over thirty years. The Swiss Private Bank is dedicated to “Human Private Banking” and specializes in wealth management and advisory services. With more than 130 employees, the focus is on providing expert guidance in all known liquid asset classes, as well as in private markets and alternative investments. Following a “beyond money” approach, we also offer expertise in art collecting and philanthropy. For entrepreneurial clients, Bergos offers access to M&A and other corporate finance services. Bergos AG offers private clients, entrepreneurs and their families a holistic, cross-generational service that focuses on security, neutrality, internationality and openness to the world.
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TS Lombard
Rory Green
Tech, Tariffs and a New World Order
TS Lombard delivers bold off consesus calls across macro, politics and markets
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Gavekal
Anatole Kaletsky
US Macroeconomic Outlook
## Who we are
Gavekal is a financial services company organized around three key activities: financial research for institutional investors, funds and private wealth management, and portfolio construction tools. Our headquarters is in Hong Kong and our China research team is based in Beijing. We have major sales offices in New York, London and Paris.
Our mission rests on three pillars:
1. Always put the clients’ interests first.
2. Maintain healthy profitability.
3. Foster a rewarding work environment for staff.
Putting clients first means that we constantly engage with our customers—in conferences, webinars, and face-to-face meetings—to get a better understanding of their needs now and in the future. One of the firmest principles of our research business is that “many of our best ideas come from our clients.”
Maintaining profitability is a prerequisite for being able to serve clients effectively. We manage the firm to ensure we always have the resources to meet clients’ needs.
The core of effective client service is a dedicated and motivated staff. Our superior performance over more than two decades derives from our ability to recruit and retain talented and creative professionals.
