David McWilliams is an acclaimed author, journalist, and broadcaster. Ranked as the 10th most influential economists in the world, he is the most well-known Irish economist at least in Ireland. He is the Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at the School of Business Trinity College Dublin. He is also active on social media and was named Ireland’s “most influential Twitter user” in 2016. Prior to this, McWilliams has worked as an economist at Irish Central Bank, Chief European Economist at UBS, and Head of Emerging Markets Research at Banque Nationale de Paris.