David Smith is renowned as the Economics Editor of The Sunday Times, renowned for sharing his insights on financial forecasts and various pressing economic stories. Today, David speaks to a wide variety of audiences on elemental topics such as global economic outlook, housing markets and consumable resources. Experienced as a speaker, your occasion is in safe hands with David Smith and the value of his insight is guaranteed to leave a lasting impression on your corporate audience or business far into the future.
For over thirty years, David has been revered for his role as the Economics Editor of The Sunday Times, bringing readers invaluable global and national economic insights from the forefront of the action. Alongside his editorial work, David takes on roles of chief leader-writer, assistant editor and policy advisor, a testament to his forward-thinking insights and industry experience. Since 1989 Smith has covered all manner of long and short-form pieces, from taxes to the job market, recessions to investment banking, his career has spanned every aspect of finance. It’s no surprise that David is an award-winning journalist, receiving several accolades including the Harold Wincott Award for 2004 Senior Financial Journalist of the Year.
David has held several senior positions in both small and large organisations. Being involved in several corporate sectors, including roles as the economic report writer for Lloyds Bank, forecasting at the Henley Center and Deputy Editor for Financial Weekly, allows David to see every possible aspect of business and provide tailored, comprehensive advice to any firm as a financial speaker. Throughout his career, David has written several publications that work to break down complex financial topics, such as ‘Mrs, Thatcher’s Economics’, and translate them into digestible layman’s terms, another key skill he has adopted as a speaker.
Currently, David Smith enjoys holding lecturing positions at both Cardiff University and Nottingham University, allowing him to lecture at both Nottingham’s Malaysian and Chinese campuses. In addition to his commitments at The Sunday Times, David maintains his personal website, EconomicsUK.com, which offers a platform to debate economic topics and provides readers with independent articles from Smith and other industry-leading contributors. An award-winning journalist and highly sought-after business speaker, David Smith is an ideal specialist to offer unrivalled knowledge for corporate audiences at events and bespoke educated advice to business clients.
As Champions Speakers is an official speaker agent for David Smith, our Managing Director Jack Hayes had the privilege of conducting an exclusive interview with David, in which they discussed President Donald Trump's 2016 election. From the economic impact of Trump's policies to the role he may play on international relations, David's answers revealed all.
Social Media
Books
Free Lunch: Easily Digestible Economics
Something Will Turn Up: Britain's Economic Past, Present, And Future
North and South: Britain's Economic, Social, And Political Divide
From Boom to Bust: Trial and Error in British Economic Policy
The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India and the New World Order
Gaining Currency : The Rise and Fall of Monetarism
The Age of Instability: The Global Financial Crisis and What Comes Next
Will Europe Work?
Reviews
David Smith received a 4.5 star rating across 5 events in 2023
Agent Recommendation
"David Smith, with over three decades as The Sunday Times' Economic Editor, offers unparalleled insights into global economics. His ability to distill complex financial topics for diverse audiences makes him an invaluable speaker for any corporate or business event."
How to hire David Smith
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Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"David perfectly met the brief thank you. His content was highly relevant and engaging – we loved the fact there were no slides and that he just talked through his stories – the hour flew by and there were many questions for David from the team." - Claire, Communications Director, Capita
"David Smith was a fantastic choice to launch the Leicester Business Festival. He tailored the speech to the region, as well as having extensive national/internal knowledge on the economy." - LLEP
"David delivered a truly insightful speech at our conference yesterday. He managed to make business and the economy digestible for all the audience, as well as interesting thought process to take into the new year. I particularly enjoyed his ‘skipanomics’ theory – very clever." - Trinity plc.
"David was excellent as usual" - Destination Southampton
"From us, it was great. David was very personable, informed and kept the speech exactly to brief, adding a little humour." - Enterprise Holdings
"David was very good – we haven’t had direct feedback from delegates yet but those I spoke to were impressed." - Law Firm Services
Feedback from Virtual Events:
"David was excellent – just what we needed to add a bit of quality and name recognition to our session. Nice chap to boot." - Daniel, Senior Manager (Marketing & Business Development), Eversheds Sutherland
"The conference was such a success and we have received so many compliments from our guests and from the home team. A massive thank you to David for all his help and time in making this event such a success. He was absolutely brilliant, a real pleasure to work with too. He provided a seamless performance and was so calm and relaxed during the hour, it was just amazing and perfect." - Close Brothers Asset Management
- 2023 - Writer of the "Economic Outlook" for The Times
- 2010 - Author of "The Age of Instability"
- 2008 - High Commended Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards
- 2008 - Author of "Free Lunch - Easily Digestible Economics"
- 2007 - Author of "The Dragon & The Elephant"
- 2007 - Shortlisted in the Finance/ Business category at the British Press Awards
- 2004 - Harold Wincott Award for Senior Financial Journalist of the Year
- 1999 - Author of "Will Europe Work"
- 1994 - Author of "North & South - Britain's Economic Divide"
- 1992 - Author of "From Boom to Bust - Trial & Error in UK Economic Policy"
- 1991 - Author of "The Rise & Fall of Monetarism"
- 1989 - Economics Editor at The Sunday Times
- 1984 - Economics Correspondent for The Times
