Expert on Asian economies
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Global market forces, politics & corporate strategy

Highlights

As one of the world’s leading investment bankers and analysts of Asian economies, Kenneth Courtis influences major business decisions and moves markets with his public comments. For his unusual accuracy as a predictor of economic trends, business and government leaders seek his advice on matters of international economics, finance and investment.

He is widely sought after by the heads of major corporations and investors for his knowledge of how global market forces, financial and political developments, and corporate strategy interact.

Kenneth Courtis advises major clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America and has led a number of large, international corporate transactions centered on Asia and pioneered a number of investment banking areas across the region.

Mr. Courtis is currently finishing a new book on economic, financial, business and political developments in Asia and their broader implications internationally. He also is a regular columnist for

Time International, writing mostly on Asian issues; and for
Fortune magazine, covering global economic issues.

Positions

Kenneth Courtis is Founding Partner, Themes Investment Management and Themes Investment Partners. He is the former Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia, where he advised on large corporate transactions, government financing programs and privitizations.

Formerly a Chief Economist and Strategist, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Group Asia, Courtis lectures at Keio and Tokyo universities, Japan’s two most prestigious educational institutions, l’Institut d’etudes politiques, Paris, and in universities in North America. He is a member of the boards, advisory councils, and trustee of a number of international firms, universities, and research institutes in Asia, Europe and North America.

He has lived and worked in Asia for more than two decades.

Extremely knowledgeable, articulate and accessible, this award-winning speaker has a rare gift for explaining economic forces in down-to-earth language.

Credentials

• Founding Partner, Themes Investment Management and Themes Investment Partners
• Former Managing Director & Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia
• Columnist, Time International and Fortune
• Former Chief Economist and Strategist, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Group Asia
• Lectures at Keio and Tokyo Universities, l’Institut d’etudes politiques, Paris, universities in North America

Comment

Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management, a 15-year veteran of Wall Street and former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, says of Courtis:

"He is a genius in capturing the essence of a trend or a set of forces with language that resonates with both experts and laymen. He has the keenest sense of the interconnection between economic and political forces of anyone I’ve seen."