David Hale
Founder & CEO
David Hale Global Economics
David Hale is a Chicago-based global economist whose clients include investment management firms, major hedge funds, and multinational companies. He is the founding chairman of David Hale Global Economics. He formerly worked as chief economist for Kemper Financial Services from 1977 to 1995 and Zurich Financial Services, which he joined as chief economist when it purchased Kemper in 1995. He advised the group on a wide range of issues until 2002, when he founded Hale Advisers.
Hale holds a BSc. degree in international economic affairs from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a MSc. degree in economics from the London School of Economics.
Hale is a member of the National Association of Business Economists and the New York Society of Security Analysts. He writes on a broad range of economic subjects and his articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, Foreign Affairs, and other publications. He lectures worldwide, to groups including the World Economic Forum, the Fortune Global CEO Conference, and the National Association of Governors. He has frequently testified before Congressional committees on domestic and international economic policy issues and does briefings for senior officials in the executive branch, including President Bush. He has also been a consultant to the US Department of Defense on how changes in the global economy are affecting US security relationships.
Hale is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, as well as a variety of government and private sector economic policy research groups in Washington, Tokyo, and Berlin. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in both New York and Chicago, and is a longtime member of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue.
Hale is married to Lyric Hughes Hale, founder of China Online. They live in Chicago with their five children, and are currently writing a book on the Chinese economy.