Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo of Knightsbridge, is a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords and one of the world’s most influential voices on macroeconomics, geopolitics, and global capital markets. Named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” she combines unparalleled board experience with rigorous economic analysis to help leaders navigate an era of deglobalization, technological disruption, and structural economic headwinds.

Global economist speaker Dambisa Moyo serves on the boards of Chevron Corporation, Starbucks Corporation, Condé Nast, and the National Geographic Society, and sits on the Investment Committee of The Oxford University Endowment. She is Co-Principal of Versaca Investments, a family office focused on growth investing globally. Her board portfolio has included Barclays Bank, Barrick Gold, 3M, SABMiller, and Seagate Technology, giving her a rare vantage point across energy, finance, retail, mining, technology, and consumer sectors.

Dr. Moyo holds a PhD in Economics from Oxford University and a Master’s degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She began her career at the World Bank before joining Goldman Sachs, where she spent eight years as a research economist and strategist in debt capital markets, hedge fund coverage, and global macroeconomics, including serving as head of economic research and strategy for sub-Saharan Africa.

Author of Five Bestselling Books

Dr. Moyo is the author of five books, four of which became New York Times bestsellers. Her first book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (2009), challenged conventional wisdom on development aid and sparked global debate. How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices Ahead (2011) examined the structural weaknesses threatening Western economic dominance. Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012) predicted China’s commodity strategy and its implications for global markets. Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018) explored the tension between short-term democratic incentives and long-term economic planning. Her most recent book, How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World (2021), provides an insider’s perspective on corporate governance and calls for more transparent, diverse, and knowledgeable boards to navigate 21st-century challenges.

Dr. Moyo was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2022 and named an Honorary Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge in 2023. She writes regularly for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Harvard Business Review, and is a columnist for Project Syndicate. Her work has taken her to more than 71 countries.

As a speaker, Dambisa Moyo delivers unmatched strategic clarity on the forces reshaping global markets: geopolitical fragmentation, AI-driven productivity shifts, resource scarcity, debt sustainability, and the collision between democratic politics and long-term economic imperatives. Drawing from her work advising Fortune 500 boards and managing investments across asset classes, she translates complex macroeconomic trends into actionable insights for business leaders and investors navigating an increasingly volatile and fragmented world.