Tim Fox is a prominent regional economist and financial market analyst with specialist insight and expertise on the economic and commercial challenges of the GCC. With over 10 years of experience as Chief Economist of Emirates NBD, one of the pre-eminent banks in the UAE, he created and built the research function there, and has in total over 30 years of experience in financial markets across 3 continents in London, New York and Dubai, including with Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse. Tim has a profound insight of this region and its challenges, and he is a frequent commentator on global and regional business channels, also contributing to a number of prominent publications.