Robert Guest: GeoPolitical Economist

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  • Deputy editor of the Economist
  • Speciality Areas:
    Africa, Asia, Business, Europe, Politics, United States

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  • Travels from: London, UK
  • **Fee range: On Request

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Robert Guest is happy to speak on a variety of topics related to global business or politics.

As the foreign editor of the Economist, he continually travels the globe, researching and speaking on topics such as the rise of China, India, Latin America and Africa, the interplay between politics and business in the USA and Europe, and the way talent and technology are shaping the global economy.

  • Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism
  • The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives

Robert Guest is Deputy Editor of The Economist, arguably the most influential news magazine in the world. He travels constantly around the world and speaks regularly to CEOs and entrepreneurs in all industries. He is a witty and entertaining speaker, who simplifies complex subjects and spices up his presentations with jokes and first-hand anecdotes.

He is regularly asked to chair conferences or give keynote speeches. Few other speakers can give such a vivid, up-to-date or global perspective on business and politics. Mr Guest has reported from more than 90 countries and lived in six. He has won numerous awards.

As The Economist’s Deputy Editor, Robert helps oversee all the magazine’s coverage of current affairs, from geopolitics to global economics. His previous roles include Foreign Editor, United States Editor and Business Editor.

His previous roles include foreign editor, US editor, business editor, Washington correspondent, Lexington columnist and Africa correspondent. Before joining The Economist, Mr. Guest was the Tokyo correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and before that he was a freelance writer based in South Korea.

Robert Guest is the author of “The Shackled Continent”, a book that tries to explain how Africa can prosper, and “Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism”, which argues that migration makes the world brainier.

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