Dambisa Moyo

Global Economist · Corporate Board Director · Bestselling Author

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Dambisa Moyo — Financial Services Keynote Speaker

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Biography

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a global macroeconomist whose career has spanned Goldman Sachs, the World Bank, and the boardrooms of Chevron, Condé Nast, 3M, and Conde Nast. Oxford-educated with a PhD in Economics, she is a three-time New York Times bestselling author whose book Dead Aid changed the global conversation on development finance.

What financial services audiences get from Dambisa is uniquely rare: an economist with hands-on public-company governance experience, a frontier-markets specialist with deep Western-institutional credibility, and a communicator who has spent decades translating macroeconomics for audiences that range from allocator roundtables to Davos main stages. She was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People for good reason.

For investment firms, corporate boards, private banks, and CFO summits, Dambisa's keynotes integrate the big three forces reshaping capital: the debt super-cycle, the global energy transition, and the AI capital spend. She contextualises those forces against her frontier-markets work, which she uses to show why the next decade of alpha will come from places most portfolios still under-weight.

She is particularly effective at board strategy offsites, CIO events, and leadership summits where the audience expects substance over showmanship. Her tone is measured and evidence-led; she is not a rhetorical speaker, she is an analytical one. Attendees leave with frameworks, not sound bites — which is exactly why senior audiences rebook her so consistently.

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Speech Topics

What Dambisa Moyo Speaks About

The Global Debt Super-Cycle and What It Means for Capital
A data-driven walkthrough of the sovereign-debt map, how it constrains fiscal and monetary options in major economies, and what it implies for equity multiples, credit spreads, and allocator positioning through 2030.
Frontier Markets — The Real Growth Story
Where the next decade of above-trend growth will happen, why most institutional portfolios are under-weight, and how to build a frontier-markets thesis that survives a boardroom debate.
AI, Energy, and the New Capital Cycle
The AI capex boom and the energy transition are the two largest capital cycles of our generation. Understanding how they interact is essential for any firm allocating capital over the next ten years.
Boardroom Economics for Financial Services
A board director's perspective on how financial institutions should think about macro risk, capital allocation, and governance in the current environment — delivered with the calm of someone who has sat in the chairs.
Insights from Dambisa Moyo
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"The next decade of alpha will be earned in the places most portfolios still under-weight. Frontier markets are no longer an exotic allocation — they are a structural one."— Dambisa Moyo
"Debt is not a moral question for central banks or governments — it is a constraint on future choices. Understand the constraint and you understand the allocation."— Dambisa Moyo
For meeting planners

Everything You Need to Know

  • Keynote (45–60 min) — analytical, data-dense, main-stage.
  • Board offsite facilitator — 90-minute scenario session with Q&A.
  • CIO/CFO roundtable — private session format, 20–60 attendees.
  • Moderated panel on global macro or frontier markets.
  • Wireless lavalier preferred.
  • Main-screen projection; Dambisa travels with her own slide deck.
  • For virtual events: studio-quality setup on her side, no special requirements.
  • Pre-event scoping call tailored to your firm's sector and asset mix.
  • Will weave in your company name and the macro themes most relevant to your allocator base.
  • Available for a separate board or executive briefing in addition to the main keynote.
  • 6 months ideal.
  • She is in high demand around Davos and the autumn macro-conference circuit — lock dates early.
Frequently asked questions

About Booking Dambisa Moyo

What are Dr. Dambisa Moyo's speaking fees?
Dambisa's fee sits in our upper-tier range. We provide transparent figures once we understand format and audience. Enquire via the form. Check availability →
Does Dambisa speak on ESG and sustainability?
Yes, with nuance. Her approach is data-led and board-informed; she is not an advocacy speaker but a pragmatic strategist on how ESG signals interact with real capital flows. Check availability →
Is Dambisa available for virtual or hybrid events?
Yes. She is based internationally and has an excellent remote setup for virtual keynotes. Check availability →
What makes Dambisa different from other economists?
Two things: her frontier-markets fluency (most macro speakers stay in the G10) and her sitting-director experience on major public-company boards. She bridges the analyst view and the boardroom view. Check availability →
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