Ian Goldin is Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading centre for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges. Ian leads research groups on Technological and Economic Change, Future of Work and Future of Development. Ian previously was World Bank Vice President and the Group’s Director of Policy, and served on the World Bank Executive and other key committees. Before joining the World Bank he was Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela, accompanying President Mandela on all major international engagements and serving as Finance Director for South Africa’s Olympic Bid.
Ian is an advisor to a wide range of businesses, governments and international agencies and been a non-executive director of leading Fortune 100 firms, serving as the Senior Independent Director on and chair of key committees. Ian was knighted by the French Government for his services to development and is Chair of the core-econ.org initiative to transform economics, a founding Director of the International Center for Future Generations, a member of the International Science Council, and an honorary trustee of Comic Relief and other charities. He has written and presented three BBC series, After the Crash, Will AI Kill Development and The Pandemic that Changed the World and the BBC Analysis The Death of Globalisation?. The most recent of Ian’s 25 books are Age of the City and The Shortest History of Migration. His previous books including Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World; Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years; Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of our Second Renaissance; The Butterfly Defect: How globalisation creates systemic risks and what to do about them; The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas; Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define our Future and Is the Planet Full?.
He is a renowned public speaker and regular presenter at the WEF Davos meeting, at Google Zeitgeist, TED, and other global events and has been interviewed on all leading global media channels. He tweets on @ian_goldin and his recent presentations, videos, and further information is on his website iangoldin.org