Stephen King is a successful economist and author.

 

King’s latest book, When the Money Runs Out (Yale) was selected as a “book of the year” by the Financial Times, the Economist and the Times. It has been translated into Arabic, Complex Chinese, Croat, Czech, Italian, Mandarin and Russian. His first book, Losing Control (Yale) was published in 2010.

 

King is currently working on a third book.

 

In 2014, King became a member of the Financial Times “Exchange” which, in the FT’s words, offers “agenda-setting commentary from leading policymakers, academics and writers around the world”. He also writes regularly for the Times.

King is a frequent public speaker and has presented at conferences all over the world. 

As part of a portfolio of interests and following 17 years as HSBC’s Chief Global Economist, Stephen was appointed HSBC’s Senior Economic Adviser in 2015. 

 

King's career began at H.M.Treasury, where he was an economic adviser within the civil service.

He studied at New College, Oxford.