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    Dambisa Moyo: Biography at a Glance

    • Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy.
    • She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas.
    • Dambisa has earned a strong reputation as a top-tier opinion former and trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes, and is the author of 4 New York Times bestselling books.
    • She is a Board member of The 3M Company, Chevron and Conde Nast, and was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

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    Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas.

    Dambisa Moyo is a co-principal of Versaca Investments - a family office focused on growth investing globally. She serves on a number of global corporate boards including 3M Corporation, Chevron, and Conde Nast, as well as, the Oxford University Endowment investment committee. Her areas of interest are capital allocation, risk, and ESG matters. She holds a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford, a Masters from Harvard, and is recognized for fresh and innovative ideas as the Author of four (4) New York Times Bestselling Books. Her newest book “How Boards Work” was ranked number 5 on the Wall Street Journal's best business book list.

    • How Boards Work And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
    • Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix It
    • Winner Take All: China’s race for Resources and What it Means for the World
    • How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead (2011)
    • Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa

    Dambisa is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and a member of Trilateral Commission.

    Dambisa was named to the list of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World; has published in the Financial Times, WSJ, Barrons, and Harvard Business Review, and has traveled to over 65 countries. In her spare time, she runs marathons and practices Pilates.

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    How Boards Work And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic Worldarrow-down

    New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member, Dr. Dambisa Moyo, offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive. Moyo discusses the need for corporate boards that are more transparent, more knowledgeable, more diverse, and more deeply involved in setting the strategic course of the companies they lead. Audiences will leave with a road map for how boards can steer companies through tomorrow's challenges and ensure they thrive to benefit their employees, shareholders, and society at large.

    Snapshot of the Global Macroeconomyarrow-down

    International economist Dambisa Moyo identifies and contrasts the tactical, short-term challenges (debt and deficit management) versus structural problems (unemployment, depleted infrastructure, etc.) affecting the global economy. Dr. Moyo will explain the four directions that the global economy could take over the coming years in the aftermath of the financial crisis. She highlights the risks in the global macroeconomy and geo-political order with weaker global growth and the possibilities of the disintegration of the G-20, disagreements on the path of banking regulation, increased protectionism via outright trade policies and FX interventions (such as beggar-thy-neighbor policies). Against this backdrop Dr. Moyo considers the convergence economically and politically and advises on the best strategic plans for global businesses.

    Meeting the Challenges of the Evolving Global Economyarrow-down

    Dambisa Moyo offers recommendations for how global businesses will make investment decisions, manage their people, finance expansion across products and geographies, mitigate risk, remain profitable, be competitive, and expand their businesses in an economically challenging global economy. Having visited over 50 countries, she leverages her experiences, on-the-ground network and relationships with politicians, policymakers, business persons and opinion leaders to inform a practical strategy for businesses investing across the developed and developing world. She explains what businesses and households have to do to strengthen their balance sheets, and details the policy actions that governments must take to ensure the West is on a constructive long-term economic path.

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