About
I'm an economist who has spent his career where policy, markets and technology meet. I started at the International Monetary Fund, moved into global finance with Deutsche Bank and as Chief Economist of UniCredit, and then joined GE as Chief Economist and Head of Business Innovation Strategy, at the heart of the digital-industrial revolution. Along the way I served on the Board of Advisors on Information Technology of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as Entrepreneur in Residence at GE Ventures, as a Research Fellow at Autodesk and as Visiting Faculty at Singapore Management University.
Today I advise business leaders and investors on how the global economy and new technologies will reshape their markets, and I write about it every week in Just Think.
PhD economist (Princeton), but with an optimistic twist.
Credentials: International Monetary Fund · Deutsche Bank · Chief Economist, UniCredit · Chief Economist and Head of Business Innovation Strategy, GE · Entrepreneur in Residence, GE Ventures · Research Fellow, Autodesk · Board of Advisors on Information Technology, Japan's METI · Visiting Faculty, Singapore Management University · Jury member, Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize (2026) · Host, Ecosystemic Futures podcast · Author, The Economics of the Financial Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) · Two-time winner, Rybczynski Prize for the best paper in business economics · Economics PhD, Princeton
Speaking
I speak to leadership teams, boards, industry conferences and investor events on the global economy, technology and where the two collide. My TED talk on the industrial internet has been viewed over 1.5 million times.
Topics: The global economic and geopolitical outlook · AI and the productivity question · Technology, jobs and the future of work · The US, China and Europe in the technology race · Economic forecasting in an age of shocks
Selected venues: TED, the Oxford Union
Short bio for organizers
Marco Annunziata is an economist and strategic advisor working at the intersection of economics, technology and strategy. Former Chief Economist and Head of Business Innovation Strategy at GE, he began his career at the International Monetary Fund and was Chief Economist of UniCredit. He is a TED speaker, author of The Economics of the Financial Crisis, and two-time winner of the Rybczynski Prize. He writes the weekly Substack Just Think and holds a PhD in economics from Princeton.
Beyond economics
When I'm not reading charts, I'm either writing fiction or behind a camera. Some of my photographs are on 500px, and my novella I, the AI, co-written with Luca Silipo, comes out in December 2026. More at marcostoryteller.com.