Hamish McRae
Economist and Journalist
Hamish McRae is one of Europe's top speakers on future trends in economics, business and society. He is the main economic commentator for “i” newspaper, and City columnist for the Mail on Sunday. His most recent book, The World in 2050 – How to Think About the Future, was published by Bloomsbury in 2022. McRae's other books include The World in 2020 – Power, Culture and Prosperity, Capital City – London as a Financial Centre, coauthored with Frances Cairncross, and What Works: Success in Stressful Times, which was long-listed for the Business Book of the Year at the FT/Goldman Sachs Awards in New York in 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College, Dublin, and has been a Visiting Professor at the School of Management at Lancaster University, a council member of the Royal Economic Society, and a Governor of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.