‘Maxton is a thinker of astonishing depth and breadth, one to speak the tough truths that many other academics, politicians, and commentators avoid.‘ Huffington Post
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When Graeme Maxton speaks, people listen. He engages and challenges his audiences, encouraging them to think about the future. 

In his latest book, The End of Progress – How modern economics has failed us, he questions conventional ideas about the long term prospects for economic growth, the sustainability of humankind’s resource use, the consequences of China’s rise and the West’s measures of progress. The book was nominated for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011.

A freelance contributor for The Economist, The World in, and many other international publications for many years, he appears on major news channels regularly, including CNN and the BBC, and is a frequent guest host on CNBC’s morning news programme in Asia, “Squawk Box.” His previous books include Driving Over a Cliff, also nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, and Time for a Model Change, which was Cambridge University Press’s Feature Book of the Year.

A naturally skilled moderator, Graeme is renowned for his ‘in-conversation’ interview style—both live and recorded—with CEOs and political figures.  He also chairs and moderates meetings, CEO lunches and roundtables around the world on a diverse range of subjects, including energy, defence, shipping, banking compliance and manufacturing in China.

Until May 2007 he was a regional director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Asia. Prior to that he was a partner with strategy consultants autopolis. He also spent many years with Booz & Co, Citigroup and American Express and was a visiting professor at Cass Business School in London between 1988 and 2002. He has a first class degree in economics and operations research and an MBA from London. He lives in Vienna and Singapore.

In January 2012, Graeme was made a Fellow of the Club of Rome.

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