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Economic Outlook Speakers

Learn more about the thought leaders who spoke at our most recent Economic Outlook events.

Economic Outlook 2023 Speakers

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Pranjul Bhandari

Chief India and Indonesia Economist and Managing Director, HSBC

Pranjul Bhandari is Chief India and Indonesia Economist and Managing Director at HSBC. Prior to joining HSBC, Bhandari completed a resident fellowship at the IMF in Washington, DC and a Mason Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, she worked at India's Ministry of Finance with the Chief Economic Advisor and at the Planning Commission with the Deputy Chairman. She has held roles as an economist covering Asian markets at Goldman Sachs and at the UK's Department for International Development. In 2019, she was a member of the RBI’s committee for developing India’s Housing Finance market. In 2020, she was named the “Best Individual for Research in India” by the Asset Magazine and featured in Forbes’s list of 20 self-made Indian women. Bhandari holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK) as well as the Harvard Kennedy School (US), and a BA in Economics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi.

Pranjul Bhandari
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Jeff Currie, PhD ’96 (Economics)

Global Head of Commodities Research in Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs

In addition to his role as head of commodities research, Jeff Currie, PhD ’96 (Economics), is a member of the GIR client and business standards committee, growth markets executive group, and macro executive committee at Goldman Sachs. The commodities research team has consistently been ranked number one under Currie’s direction, and in 2011, he was named CNBC Analyst of the Year by City A.M. Prior to joining the firm, Currie taught courses in microeconomics and econometrics at the University of Chicago and served as associate editor of Resource and Energy Economics.

Jeff Currie, PhD ’96 (Economics)
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Wenxin Du

Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow

Wenxin Du is financial research adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Prior to joining Booth, Du was principal economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where she was responsible for monitoring and analyzing developments in international financial markets for the FOMC. She was also a central bank research fellow at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

Wenxin Du
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Sasha Havlicek

Cofounder and CEO of ISD

Sasha Havlicek is cofounder and CEO of ISD, having spearheaded ISD’s pioneering research and data analysis, digital education, policy advisory, training, tech and communications programmes. With a background in conflict resolution and an expertise in extremism, digital information operations and electoral interference, she has advised a range of governments at the highest levels and has spearheaded partnerships with the UN, EU Commission, and Global Counter-Terrorism Forum. She has also worked with the private and civil society sectors to promote innovation, including developing major programmes run in partnership with Google, FB and Microsoft. Havlicek serves as an expert advisor to the UK Counter-Extremism Commission and the Mayor of London’s counter-extremism programme, and is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Havlicek previously served as Senior Director at the EastWest Institute where she led conflict resolution programming. Havlicek has testified before US Congress, the UK Parliament and is a regular commentator in the media (CNN, BBC, Channel 4 News and other networks).


Sasha Havlicek
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Chang-Tai Hsieh

Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics and PCL Faculty Scholar

Chang-Tai Hsieh conducts research on growth and development. He has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis, as well as the World Bank’s Development Economics Group and the Economic Planning Agency in Japan.

Chang-Tai Hsieh
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Randall S. Kroszner

Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics

Randall S. Kroszner served as a governor of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 until 2009. He chaired the committee on Supervision and Regulation of Banking Institutions and the committee on Consumer and Community Affairs. He took a leading role in developing responses to the financial crisis and in undertaking new initiatives to improve consumer protection and disclosure.

Randall S. Kroszner
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Raghuram G. Rajan

Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance

Raghuram G. Rajan was the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India from September 2013 to September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, he was the chief economist and director of research at the International Monetary Fund. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development, especially the role played by finance.

Raghuram G. Rajan

Economic Outlook 2023 Moderators

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Kathleen Hays

Global Economics and Policy Editor for Bloomberg Television and Radio

Kathleen Hays covers the global economy and central banks and the policymakers who run them. Recognized as one of the top economics reporters and anchors in the country, she has covered the US economy and the Federal Reserve for more than 30 years and recently broadened her coverage to Europe and Asia. Hays can be seen and heard on “Bloomberg Daybreak Asia,” “Bloomberg Asia Markets,” and on Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg Markets P.M.”

Kathleen Hays
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Mark Landler

London Bureau Chief, The New York Times

In his three decades at the The New York Times, Mark Landler has been the bureau chief in Hong Kong and Frankfurt, White House correspondent, diplomatic correspondent, and European economic correspondent. In 2007, he won an Overseas Press Club prize for his work on a series about China and the environment. He is the author of Alter Egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the Twilight Struggle over American Power, which was named a best book of the year by the Financial Times in 2016.

Mark Landler
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Emily Tan

Senior Correspondent, CNBC

Emily Tan is a senior correspondent for CNBC International covering breaking business and financial stories on Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan markets. She joined CNBC in 2007, as the lead Hong Kong market reporter. Over the years, she has also covered major news events such as the Taiwanese presidential elections in 2008, 2012, and 2020; Hong Kong’s Umbrella movement in 2014; the social unrest in 2019; and the impact of severe weather events such as super typhoons Mangkhut and Hato. She has also interviewed some of the region’s most recognizable and influential leaders.

Emily Tan