Damien Ma

Damien Ma is the founding managing director of MacroPolo, the Paulson Institute’s think tank. He is the author or editor of “In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China’s Ascent in the Next Decade,” “The Economics of Air Pollution in China” and “China’s Economic Arrival: Decoding a Disruptive Rise.” He is also adjunct faculty at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Previously, he helped build the China practice at the Eurasia Group, the leading political risk research and advisory firm. Before that, Ma managed the flagship magazine at the U.S.-China Business Council in Washington. Earlier in his career, he worked with multinationals at public relations firm H-Line Ogilvy in Beijing. His advisory and analytical work has served institutional investors and multinationals, as well as various governments. In addition, he has published and appeared widely in the media. Ma speaks fluent Mandarin.