Felix Martin Keynote Speaker

Economist, fund manager and adviser
Author of 'Money: the Unauthorised Biography', a Financial Times Economics Book of the Year
Columnist, Reuters Breaking Views and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development in DC.

Felix Martin's Biography

Dr. Felix Martin is an economist, fund manager and acclaimed author. He is an advisor to global investors, governments, and corporate leaders and helps navigate complex risks with an approach that makes economics and finance digestible and engaging.

During a twenty-five year career in international finance Felix has managed and advised on funds investing in bond, currency, and credit markets globally with total peak assets in excess of $5 billion – at publicly-listed asset managers, leading private firms, and his own independent boutique. Previously, he was an economist at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and the European Stability Initiative think tank in Berlin.

His best-seller Money: the Unauthorised Biography has been published in fourteen countries and ten languages, was a Financial Times Economics Book of the Year, and was called “compulsively readable” by the New York Times. A prolific writer on financial topics, he has authored articles, op-eds, and book reviews for numerous trade and popular publications, including the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, Wired, the Financial Times, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, and the New Statesman. Since April 2023, he is a columnist for Reuters.

He holds the inaugural Chair of the FCA’s independent Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Panel. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC and he teaches on the MBA programme at Oxford University.

Felix was educated in classics and international relations in the Oxford, Bologna, and Washington, DC, where he was a Fulbright scholar; and has a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford. He is a regular speaker at international industry conferences and events, where he brings his relaxed and engaging presentation style to senior audiences in the complex world of global economics.

The history and future of money: from coinage to cryptocurrencies

Economics and financial markets in a multipolar world: the new risk landscape

Investing in emerging markets

Economic policy in the age of populism

Central banks and monetary policy.

The Economics of AI

China and the World Economy

He brings rare authority across markets and policymaking as an economist, fund manager and former World Bank adviser, helping leaders make sense of global macro risk across rates, currencies, credit and geopolitics.
He translates complex economics into clear strategic insight through a twenty-five year career managing and advising global bond, currency and credit portfolios, equipping boards and investors to stress-test decisions under uncertainty.
He offers an insider’s view of financial regulation as Chair of the FCA’s independent Cost Benefit Analysis Panel, helping organisations understand how regulatory choices shape competitiveness, capital allocation and long-term growth.
He is a globally recognised economic communicator as the author of Money: the Unauthorised Biography and a Reuters columnist, bringing fresh perspective that strengthens executive judgment and stakeholder communication.
His keynotes give senior audiences practical frameworks to interpret market signals, assess systemic risk and act decisively as policy, finance and technology reshape the global economy.