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Summary
The “Age of Agility” requires firms to build adaptive strategies that can deal with shaky economic foundations while also adapting to new supply chain realities. In this webinar we will outline the macroeconomic backdrop for strategic decision making in the late 2020s before identifying specific must-meet challenges for strategic supply chain construction.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Kenneth Wattret
Vice-President, Global Economics
Ken Wattret is the Global Economist within the Analysis and Insights team at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ken oversees global economic forecasting and analysis and supports a broad spectrum of corporate and financial clients. Ken has worked as an economist in the financial sector since the early 1990s including for HSBC and BNP Paribas where he was the head of market economics for the euro area. Prior to joining IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) as Chief European Economist in 2018, Ken was a Managing Director of Global Macro at TS Lombard, an independent research provider. He is a well-known commentator in financial media.
Ken received his honors degree in economics from the University of Sheffield and holds post-graduate qualifications in finance.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Williamson
Chief Business Economist
Chris Williamson is Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Chris is a well-known economic commentator and is regularly quoted in international business print and broadcast press, and frequently speaks at conferences on global economic issues. He also sits on a number of economic advisory panels.
Chris joined the company in 2008 following the acquisition of NTC Economics, a provider of global macro-economic indicators, where he played a major role developing a world-leading provider of business surveys and economic indicators, including the PMI series. PMI surveys now encompass all major economies and are commonly cited as some of the most important sources of economic information available to central banks, financial markets and business decision makers.
He studied Economics at the University of Nottingham and Economic Development at the University of Manchester.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Rogers
Head of Supply Chain Research
Chris Rogers is Head of Supply Chain Research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has over 25 years of research experience, including more than a decade covering global supply chains. He has worked at firms including Panjiva (acquired by S&P Global in 2018), Bloomberg, JP Morgan, and most recently freight forwarder Flexport. His coverage includes corporate decision-making, international trade policy, and logistics network operations.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Paul Hunt
Director, Product Development
Paul Hunt, Product Management Director for Country Risk, leads product strategy efforts for the Global Insight, Market Intelligence division at S&P Global. In this role, he leads product development projects relating to country risk analysis and risk monitoring systems, economic and industry forecasting. Mr. Hunt serves as an S&P Global Market Intelligence product expert helping clients better apply our services to solve critical business issues.
Prior to his current role, he was the APAC Product Director for IHS Markit Country Risk and Energy Insight businesses based in Singapore. Before joining IHS, Mr. Hunt was Director, Government Consulting for Standard and Poor’s DRI based in Washington, DC. In this role, he managed a variety of country risk and economic impact studies for various agencies within the US Government. He holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business in Baltimore MD and an undergraduate degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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