UC RUSAL President’s Forum

Dr O’Neill, one of the world’s most influential economists, was the author of the prominent economic concept of BRICs and is currently the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The Forum will also feature a dialogue between the President of HKUST, Prof Tony F Chan with Dr O'Neill after his presentation.

Find the presentation of Dr. O'Neill on the Forum here

Photo gallery from the event available here

For more details on the Forum: http://ias.ust.hk/ucrusal/

Dr Jim O'Neill		Jim O’Neill is chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As chairman, he is involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world. Prior to assuming this role in September 2010, Jim was head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research. He also serves on the Senior Diversity Council. Jim O’Neill joined Goldman Sachs in 1995 as a partner, co-head of Global Economics Research and chief currency economist. Prior to joining the firm, Jim was head of research, globally, for Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) from 1991 to 1995. He joined SBC in 1988. Prior to that, he was with Bank of America and International Treasury Management, a division of Marine Midland Bank. Jim O’Neill is the creator of the acronym BRICs. Together with his colleagues, he has published much research about BRICs, which has become synonymous with the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as the growth opportunities of the future. Jim O’Neill is a member of the board of the Itinera, and has been on the board of Bruegel since its creation. He is a member of the UK-India Round Table and the UKIBC. Jim is chairman and one of the founding trustees of the London-based charity SHINE. He is also chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Advisory Board. Jim O’Neill serves on the board of Teach for All and a number of other charities specializing in education. Jim O’Neill previously served as a non-executive director of Manchester United before it returned to private ownership in 2005. Jim O’Neill earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a PhD from the University of Surrey in 1982. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2009 for his educational philanthropy. Dr Jim O'Neill's Viewpoints
The Lecture		UC RUSAL has been dedicated in bringing the best to Hong Kong. The UC RUSAL President's Forum, organised in collaboration with HKUST's Institute for Advanced Study, is intended to bring some of the world's most renowned speakers to Hong Kong including leading international politicians, businessmen, scholars and scientists. This year, Dr O'Neill will focus on the changing dynamics of the world economy and the rapid rise in the importance of the BRIC nations. He will suggest that, contrary to much pessimism, their increased economic involvement will lead to great global prosperity for all, not just themselves. While talking about the rise of the "Growth Markets", including the four BRICs and four of the so-called Next 11, Dr O'Neill will share his views on how they will help shape the course of global economic development this decade. Their combined GDP will increase by about double that of the US and Europe together, and therefore this growth is the key issue for the world economy, not the US credit rating nor the challenges of the EMU.