Mohamed El-Erian

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

• President, Queen's College, University of Cambridge

• Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz

• Chairman, Gramercy Funds Management

• Lead Independent Director, Under Armour

• Senior Advisor, Investcorp Bank

• Board Member, Barclays

• Senior Global Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

• International Advisory Group, GIC

• Rene M. Kern Professor of Practice, The Wharton School

• Chairman, Gramercy Funds Management

• Contributing Editor, Financial Times

• Columnist, Bloomberg

• Board of Trustees, National Bureau of Economic Research

EXPERTISE

• Dr. El-Erian is a globally recognized economist and financier who has become a go-to voice around the world on how to decode the global economy, policies, and international markets. 

• He leverages his distinguished experience in global affairs, policy, and business to contribute to the curriculum and serve as a mentor to The Lauder Institute student community.

• He is credited with identifying and coining the concept of the “New Normal” in 2009 to describe the likely sluggish economic performance of advanced economies after the 2008 global financial crisis.

PUBLICATIONS

• His 2008 book, "When Markets Collide," was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, and won the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.

• "When Markets Collide" was also named a book of the year by The Economist and one of the best business books of all time by the Independent (UK).

• His 2016 book, “The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability and Avoiding the Next Collapse,” was a New York Times bestseller. 

• His latest book, written with Gordon Brown and Michael Spence, is “Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World.”

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

• He has served on several boards and committees, including New America, the U.S. Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, the International Center for Research on Women, and Peterson Institute for International Economics.

• He has also served on the IMF's Committee of Eminent Persons and the New York Fed’ Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets.

• He chaired the Microsoft Investment Advisory Board between 2007 and 2022.

HONORS & RECOGNITIONS

• Arab Banker of the Year

• ACCESS Arab-American of the Year Award

• Middle East Institute’s Visionary Award

• Louise Blouin Foundation Creative Leadership Award

• Africa Investor’s Capital Markets Personality of the Year

• Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame

• Investment News’ “Icon and Innovator”

• Foreign Policy’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers” (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012)

• Ukleja Center’s Nell and John Wooden Ethics in Leadership award

• Orange County Business Journal’s most influential personalities (multiple times)

• Worth magazine’s “100 Most Powerful People in Finance” (multiple years)

MEDIA & APPEARANCES

• Dr. El-Erian has been profiled and featured in various financial media outlets and publications.

• He has appeared in Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Guardian, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Barron's.