Rob joined ING in October 2004 and until May 2017, was working in London as ING’s Chief International Economist. Prior to ING, Rob worked as Senior International Economist for Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and as Pan Asia Economist for Schroder Investment Management. He started his career some 24 years ago as an Economist with the UK Government, working in the International Finance Directorates and Inflation and Monetary Policy units of HM Treasury.
He holds First Class Honours and Masters’ Degrees in Economics.
Rob is a regular on business news channels such as Bloomberg and CNBC, and says the best bit of his job is speaking to clients: “You’re never as good at your job as you are the week after a client roadshow”.
Rob enjoys testing the boundaries of the dismal science. He is an ardent critic of recent central bank policies, and has also published on non-mainstream issues such as the economic consequences of rising obesity, green energy and climate change.
Experienced Greater China economist with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Sovereign and credit risk management, Banking, Economic Research, Financial Economics, and Monetary Economics. Strong finance professional graduated from INSEAD (management program) , HKUST (PhD Economics), UoAuckland (Master of Commerce 1st class honors), UNSW (Bachelor of Social Science).
James Knightley is the Chief International Economist in New York. He joined the firm in 1998 in London and has been covering G7 and Western European economies. He studied economics at Durham University, UK.
Peter Vanden Houte is Chief Economist, Belgium, Luxembourg. He has has been working with ING in various research functions for more than 20 years. He is also vice-chairman of the “economic commission” at the Belgian Employers Federation.