CEO Club with David Forrester senior FX strategist at Crédit Agricole CIB

This exclusive Club brings together regional CEOs, VPs and MDs from different industries for closed-door discussions and networking.

This event is part of our exclusive series of CEO/VP/MD roundtables designed to provide a unique platform for top-level executives to connect, learn, and exchange ideas with like-minded peers and to gain valuable insights into the latest economic, political and financial trends and best practices in their industries.

During this event, DAVID FORRESTER, senior FX strategist at Crédit Agricole CIB, will be giving a look ahead into 2025.  With central banks having started their rate cutting cycles and the US Presidential election behind us by then, we look at what 2025 holds. His presentation will be followed by a Q/A session which will contribute to a deeper understanding of the economic dynamics.

Agenda:

• From 6pm : Welcome and registration
• 6:30pm: Opening Remarks by Sylvie Gleises, President of the French Chamber
• 6.35pm: Presentation and Q/A by David Forrester
• 8:00pm: Networking cocktails & canapé 

Speaker: 

DAVID FORRESTER 

After completing his honours degree in economics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), David Forrester started his professional career at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). David worked in the RBA's Economic Analysis Department, where his analysis fed into the Assistant Governor's briefing and policy recommendation to the Board at its monthly meetings. Following three and a half years at the RBA, David joined IDEAglobal in Singapore where he worked for four years as an Economist and FX Strategist for the Australian, New Zealand and Japanese financial markets.

Following several years in the workforce, David decided to upgrade his skills and undertook a PhD in economics at the UNSW. His thesis dissertation was "Market probability density functions and investor risk aversion for the Australian-US Dollar exchange rate.”

After completing his PhD, David joined Barclays Capital as a Vice President in charge of Australian and New Zealand economics and FX Strategy. This role later grew into a G10 FX Strategist position.

David worked at Barclays Capital for five and a half years, before deciding to join Macquarie Bank as a Senior Vice President of G10 Foreign Exchange and Rates Strategy. He worked at Macquarie for nearly four years.

David joined Crédit Agricole CIB in 2016 as a Director and Senior FX Strategist in Hong Kong. He relocated to Singapore in 2022. David specializes in Foreign Exchange Strategy for commodity currencies, the JPY and the INR and MYR. In 2013, David was ranked the number one forecaster of major currencies by Bloomberg.

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