Michael O’Sullivan keynote speaker
- The End of Globalization (And the Beginning of Something New)
- Thriving in Finance: Strategies for the New World Order & beyond
Michael O’Sullivan tracks the intersection of economics, politics, markets and history. He is the author of ‘The Levelling’, a treatise on where the world might be heading as globalization grinds to a halt. His recent book is “The People’s Agreement: Resetting Democracy. (January 2024)
He has twenty years’ experience in global financial markets, most recently as Chief Investment Officer in the International Wealth Management Division of Credit Suisse, where he worked for twelve years. In addition to working in investment management, he was the lead contributor to Credit Suisse’s think tank, the CS Research Institute. He is an entrepreneur in the fintech and NFT spaces.
He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the New Economy, and a Forbes contributor, and a speaker at the 2021 TED Talk conference. His talk received in excess of 1 million views in five weeks.
Mike’s BBC4 Programme “Waking up to World Debt” broadcast on the 24th of November. In it he interviewed Barry Eichinger, (American Economist), Raghu Rajan, ( Former Governor of the Bank of India) Joyce Chang (Chair of Global Research for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank) and Ruchir Sharma an investor, author, fund manager and columnist for the Financial Times) – it is very topical.His book on the French/Eu Democracy came out on the 17th of January 2024 and he subsequently spoke at TEDx Stormont on the 20th.
He studied in Cork and received MPhil and DPhil degrees at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught finance and economics at Oxford and Princeton.
He was an independent member of Ireland’s National Economic Social Council from 2011 to 2016, has is the author of a number of books and has contributed to journals like Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal in addition to being a regular guest on CNN, BBC, CNBC and Bloomberg.
