Economics/Business Speakers

In today's competitive environment, understanding your industry at a micro level can help avoid macro level disappointment. Ovations’ Economics and Business Speakers lead the globe's competition, out-innovating the rest. From Noble Prize winners in economics to superannuation strategists, their expertise and acumen help businesses avoid learning things the hard way. Find your expert here.

Emmanuel Daniel

Emmanuel Daniel is the founder of The Asian Banker. He is Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of the Company he founded in September 1996, and has led it to become the leading research, publication and consultancy company in the Asia Pacific financial services community with a strong reputation worldwide. Emmanuel travels widely and is sought after as a commentator on the financial services ind ...

Fatima Bhutto

Fatima Bhutto is a highly accomplished and entertaining speaker. At fourteen-years-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother while shots rang out in the streets outside the family home in Karachi. This was the evening that her father Murtaza was murdered, along with six of his associates. 11 years later Benazir Bhutto, Fatima's aunt, and the woman she had pub ...

Francois Pienaar

Francois Pienaar, with twenty nine international caps to his name, reached the highest peak in rugby union: he captained his country South Africa, to World Cup victory on home turf and was presented the Webb Ellis Trophy by President Nelson Mandela. Alongside Francois' playing talents, his debt management skills, charisma and leadership abilities have enabled him to achieve God-like status in a ...

Frank Abagnale

Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world's most respected authorities on the subjects of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For over twenty-five years he has lectured to and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations and government agencies around the world. Mr. Abagnale has been associated with the FBI for over 25 years. He lectures extensively at the FBI Academy and ...

Frank Furness

Frank Furness is a sought after motivational speaker. His lively, enthusiastic and humorous style together with his sales and management ideas has inspired audiences around the world. Originally from South Africa, Frank now lives in London, United Kingdom. His credentials include 20 years of exceptional business success in sales, management and training. This includes qualifying twice at MDRT Top ...

Frank Gelber

Frank is a forecaster, focussing on medium term analysis, sustainability and cycles in activity. His experience includes assessments of the effects of policy and economic institutions on growth, industry sectors, inflation, interest rates, wages, prices and investment. He has a special interest in economic forecasting, modelling, property, investment, cycles in economic activity and implications f ...

Fred Hu

Dr. Fred Hu is Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, Dr. Hu was a staff member at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C., where he was engaged in macroeconomic research and policy consultations for a number of member country governments including China. ...

Geoff Colvin

Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As FORTUNE's Senior Editor-at-Large, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. As anchor of Wall Street Week with FORTUNE on PBS, he spoke each week to the ...

Geoff Gallop

Professor Geoff Gallop was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He was a graduate of the University of WA, Oxford ( as a Rhodes Scholar ) and Murdoch Universities, gaining his doctorate from Oxford in 1983. In 1986 he was elected a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, a position he held until retiring from politics in 2006. Professor Gallop was a Minister in the Lawrence La ...

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