Dear Friends,
 
We cordially invite you to attend the CEIBS Executive Forum on June 26, presented by Dr. Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis at Morgan Stanley: "China's Position in the Global Economy & US-China Relationship".

Dr. Stephen Roach is Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis at Morgan Stanley. He has overall responsibility for directing the Firm's forecasting and analysis of the U.S. economy and manages Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's economic forecasting and analysis functions in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Steve received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. from New York University.

Before joining Morgan Stanley in 1982, Dr. Roach was a vice president of economic analysis for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. Prior to that, he served for six years on the research staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., where he supervised the Fed's official staff GNP forecast. He has also been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

CEIBS Executive Forum Committee

Time: 19:00-20:30

Stephen S. Roach

Stephen S. Roach is Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis of Morgan Stanley, a leading global financial services firm.  In this role, he oversees the Firm's highly-regarded team of economists located in New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.  Mr. Roach has been widely recognized as one of Wall Street's most influential economists. 

Mr. Roach has been widely recognized as one of Wall Street's most influential economists.  His published research has covered a broad range of topics, with recent emphasis on globalization, the emergence of China, productivity, and the capital market implications of global imbalances.  He is widely quoted in the financial press and other media, and his work has appeared in academic journals, books, congressional testimony, and on the op-ed pages of The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. 

Mr. Roach has traveled extensively in China in recent years.  He has played an active role in shaping the debate on China, both within China and from the external vantage point of the broader international community.  He has been a keynote speaker at many important Chinese conferences in recent years, including the China Development Forum sponsored by the State Council, The 21st Century Forum sponsored by the Chinese People¡¯s Political Consultative Conference, and The Forum on Social Security Reform sponsored by the Development Research Center of the State Council.  He has sponsored several an investor tours to China, exposing many prominent Western fund managers to their first in-depth look at China.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1982, Mr. Roach was Vice President for Economic Analysis for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York.  He also served on the research staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. from 1972-79 where he supervised the preparation of the official Federal Reserve projections of the U.S. economy.  He has also been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Roach holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin.

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Please R.S.V.P. before June 23 to Ms. Vicky Nee at execforum@ceibs.edu or telephone +86-21- 2890 5153