David Smith

Economic Editor of The Sunday Times, David Smith is perfectly placed to provide cutting edge financial forecasts as a futurist speaker. 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, Smith has been revered for his role as the Economic Editor of The Sunday Times, bringing readers invaluable global and national economic insights from the forefront of the action. Alongside his editorial work, Smith 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 Smith is an award winning journalist, receiving a number of accolades including the Harold Wincott Award for 2004 Senior Financial Journalist of the Year.

Smith has held a number of senior positions in both small and large organisations. Being involved in a number of corporate sectors, including roles as the economic report writer for Lloyds Bank, forecasting at the Henley Center and deputy editor for Financial Weekly, allows Smith to see every possible aspect of business and provide tailored, comprehensive advice to any firm as a futurist financial speaker. Throughout his career, Smith has written a number of 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, Smith 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.

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