Stephen King

Group Chief Economist at HSBC

Stephen King is HSBC’s group chief economist and the Bank’s global head of economics and asset allocation research. He is directly responsible for HSBC’s global economic coverage and co-ordinates the research of HSBC economists all over the world.

Since 2001, Stephen has been writing a weekly column for “The Independent”, one of the UK’s leading newspapers. He appears regularly on both television and radio. He has given written and oral evidence on the economic effects of globalisation to the House of Commons Treasury Committee and the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. He has also given oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on UK monetary policy. Between 2007-2009, he was a member of the European Central Bank Shadow Council, and most recently became a member of the Financial Times Economist’s Forum.

Stephen's first book, Losing Control, is now available from Yale University Press . The book examines the impact of the emerging nations on western economic prosperity.

Stephen studied economics and philosophy at Oxford.