TIME “100 Most Influential People in the World”

Brief Bio :

Dambisa Moyo is a speaker and an international economist and author who analyzes global affairs, the macro economy… usually while training for her next marathon. She has traveled to more than 75 countries over the last decade to develop a unique knowledge of the economic, political, and financial workings of emerging economies, in particular the BRICs, frontier economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America.

Her work examines the interplay between international business, rapidly developing countries, and the global economy, while highlighting the main opportunities for investment.

Dambisa Moyo is on the board of Barclays Bank, the global financial services group, the mining company Barrick Gold, and SABMiller, one of the largest brewers in the world. At Goldman Sachs, Dambisa worked as an economist for nearly a decade, and was also a World Bank consultant in Washington, D.C.