David Marsh | |
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Residence | London, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Queen's College Oxford |
Website | www.omfif.org |
David Wayne Marsh CBE is a British financial specialist, business consultant and writer on political, economic and monetary issues.
Marsh started his career at Reuters in 1973 having graduated with a BA in chemistry from Queen's College Oxford. Between 1978 and 1995 he worked for the Financial Times in France and Germany, latterly as European Editor in London.
Following his journalism career, Marsh worked for City merchant bank Robert Fleming, corporate finance boutique Hawkpoint and German management consultancy Droege, where he built its UK subsidiary. He is former co-founder, chairman and deputy chairman of the German-British Forum.
Currently he is a Senior Adviser to asset management company Soditic and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the London & Oxford Group. He is also a Board Member of Henderson Eurotrust, and the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany, and visiting Professor at Sheffield University’s department of politics and The Policy Institute at King's College London.
In 2010, Marsh co-founded the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), where he serves as Managing Director.
He is a frequent commentator in Europe and the US, writing articles for The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, and German newspaper Handelsblatt. He contributes occasionally to other media outlets that include Financial Times,New York Times, and Daily Mail.
Marsh is Managing Director and co-founder of OMFIF, which serves as an independent platform for dialogue and research that links central banks, sovereign funds and private sector financial groups. OMFIF provides meetings and research that focus on economic and monetary policy, financial supervision and asset management. OMFIF’s website, monthly publication The Bulletin, and annual publication Global Public Investor are the main vehicles used to disseminate OMFIF’s work. Marsh is the editor of The Bulletin, and Global Public Investor.