Marco Annunziata
I help business leaders understand how global economic trends and new technologies will reshape their markets, and what to do about it.
Economist and strategic advisor. Formerly Chief Economist and Head of Business Innovation Strategy at GE; before that, the International Monetary Fund and global finance.
Where economics meets technology
Economists understand economics. Technologists understand technology. The decisions that matter most sit where the two collide: AI and productivity, automation and labor markets, the energy appetite of data centers, the technology race between the US, China and Europe. That's where I work.
Three ways I help
Independent views on growth, inflation, interest rates, markets and geopolitical risk, translated into what they mean for your strategy and investments.
Which technologies will reshape your industry, your competitors and your customers; which are hype; and how to adopt the ones that matter.
White papers, vision papers and op-eds that sharpen your company's point of view and give it weight with clients, investors and policymakers.
Questions I help leaders answer
Will AI deliver the productivity boom it promises, and when will it show up in our industry?
What do heavy government debt and higher-for-longer interest rates mean for our cost of capital and our customers?
Where will tariffs and geopolitical fragmentation hit our supply chains, and where do they open doors?
Which technologies should we invest in now, and which can safely wait?
How do we tell a credible, distinctive story about where our industry is heading?
Former Chief Economist, GE • International Monetary Fund • PhD, Princeton • TED speaker, 1.5 million views • Harvard Business Review • Advisory board, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry • Two-time Rybczynski Prize winner
Clients include Fortune 500 industrial companies, global financial institutions, software and education companies, and venture-backed startups.
“Marco made a huge impact on our strategies around the world because he not only understood what was going on from a macro standpoint, but he also understood the company.”
Jeff Immelt, former Chairman and CEO, GE, on Leaders & Friends
Latest elsewhere
International Banker · March 2026
Aspenia · Republished from Just Think
Selected work
TED Talk, 2013 · 1.5 million views
Harvard Business Review, 2017
The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering
Oxford Union debate