Strategy for an Unpredictable World.
Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Today's business leaders must navigate a world where geopolitics increasingly drives economics. This session examines how Trumpnomics is accelerating shifts in trade, investment, regulation and global alliances. Discover how organisations can build resilient strategies, manage uncertainty and seize emerging opportunities as the world adjusts to a new balance of economic and political power.
Rajiv Biswas is the CEO of Asia-Pacific Economics Pte Ltd, an economics firm which provides geopolitical and macroeconomic analysis and forecasts for the global and Asia-Pacific economies.
Rajiv has extensive experience as a professional economist, including working as Executive Director & Asia-Pacific Chief Economist for IHS Markit/S&P Global Market Intelligence. His experience also includes working as Director for Southeast Asia for The Economist Group and as Executive Director for Asia-Pacific Country Risk for UBS AG. He has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations. His experience also includes working as a Senior Economist for the Commonwealth Secretariat, an international organisation headquartered in London.
Rajiv is a graduate of the London School of Economics, for his B.Sc.Econ. (Hons) and received his M.Sc. and D.I.C. from Imperial College, London University. Rajiv has published widely on a range of economic, trade and investment related topics, with over 100 published articles. He has frequently spoken at international conferences on the global and Asia-Pacific economic outlook, including at World Economic Forum, IATA, OPEC and United Nations conferences. Rajiv has also been a keynote speaker at many conferences for a wide range of industry sectors, including wealth management, banking, insurance, shipping, aviation and energy events. He has often appeared on international TV programs, including for the BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, DW, Channel News Asia, CNN and Al Jazeera TV. Rajiv is also frequently quoted in the international media.
Rajiv is the author of “Future Asia“, “Asian Megatrends” and “Emerging Markets Megatrends“, published by Springer/Palgrave Macmillan.