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"Knight of the Truth"(!) Global Director of @TheEIU Corporate Network @TheEconomist Group. Dad of 2 girls, #MBA, bad golfer, #CPFC fan, biker & petrolhead.

Dubai, UAE
Joined January 2011
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Congratulations to @TheEIU for topping FocusEconomics’ Analyst Forecast Awards this year, with 49 first-place rankings across the main macroeconomic indicators for 100 countries and 21 commodity prices in 2022. See the full list of winners at: focus-economics.com/awards/
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Britain's cover of @TheEconomist this week #London #City
Saudi Arabia lifts a travel ban to neighboring UAE, opening up a key market weeks ahead of the Dubai Expo 2020 trade fair trib.al/uF0GSL5
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#Dubai Holding has announced that #AinDubai, the world’s largest and tallest observation wheel, is set to open on October 21, according to a statement released by Dubai Media Office. english.alarabiya.net/variet…
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How Gareth Southgate’s qualities have restored pride thefootballmine.com/2021/07/…
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FT: 🇸🇦 @SaudiNT_EN 3-0 @UzbekistanFA 🇺🇿 Saudi Arabia win group D and qualify to the final round of #AsianQualifiers! ☄️ #AsianQualifiers
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Latest @TheEIU 2021 growth forecasts 🌍5.2% 🇺🇸 6% 🇨🇦 5.4% 🇯🇵 2.2% 🇮🇳 10.4% 🇮🇩 3.3% 🇰🇷 3.3% 🇦🇺 3.4% 🇹🇼 6.2% 🇹🇭 3.3% 🇪🇺 4% 🇩🇪 3.5% 🇫🇷 5.4% 🇮🇹 3.4% 🇪🇸 5.6% 🇵🇱 4.1% 🇸🇪 2.4% 🇳🇴 2.6% 🇨🇭 2.6% 🇬🇧 5.3% 🇷🇺 3.2% 🇹🇷 3.9% 🇧🇷 3.2% 🇲🇽 5.7% 🇦🇷 6.2% 🇸🇦 2.9% 🇦🇪 3.6% 🇪🇬 2.9% 🇮🇱 4% 🇿🇦 2.4% 🇳🇬 1.2%
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Rob Willock retweeted
Check out the EIU's Speaker Bureau ow.ly/KQcE30r7Nq0
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Only one of these countries, ranked here by the number of #COVID19 cases, population adjusted, is NOT on the UK govt’s “red list” which stipulates that British travellers should quarantine in a govt-approved hotel upon arrival in the UK. Can you guess which one?
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Great to join this wonderful session with inspiring speakers
Many thanks to my excellent speakers at this morning's ECN #MENA Regional Strategic Forecast (a hybrid in-person/online event) for their great insights: @vonstruveh CEO @siemens_me, @ChalhoubPatrick CEO @ChalhoubGroup, @khalidsharaf88 of @expo2020dubai & @CailinBirch of @TheEIU.
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🎙What a great way to start a Wednesday morning! @vonstruveh joined an exciting discussion at the ECN #MENA Regional Strategic Forecast. There's a tangible sense of optimism in the region, and everyone is looking forward to @expo2020dubai!
Many thanks to my excellent speakers at this morning's ECN #MENA Regional Strategic Forecast (a hybrid in-person/online event) for their great insights: @vonstruveh CEO @siemens_me, @ChalhoubPatrick CEO @ChalhoubGroup, @khalidsharaf88 of @expo2020dubai & @CailinBirch of @TheEIU.
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Latest @TheEIU 2021 growth forecasts 🌍4.5% 🇺🇸 4.3% 🇨🇦 4% 🇯🇵 1.7% 🇮🇳 6.9% 🇮🇩 3.3% 🇰🇷 3.1% 🇦🇺 2.7% 🇹🇼 3.7% 🇹🇭 3.6% 🇪🇺 4.2% 🇪🇺 EZ 4.3% 🇩🇪 3.7% 🇫🇷 5.2% 🇮🇹 4% 🇪🇸 5.5% 🇳🇱 4.1% 🇵🇱 3.9% 🇨🇭 2.5% 🇬🇧 4.4% 🇷🇺 2.5% 🇹🇷 3.7% 🇧🇷 3.2% 🇲🇽 3.5% 🇦🇷 6.5% 🇸🇦 2.5% 🇦🇪 3% 🇪🇬 3.2% 🇮🇱 3.2% 🇿🇦 1.8% 🇳🇬 1.1%
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🚨 Important job alert: @TheEconomist is hiring a Head of Social Media in London to lead a brilliant team of journalists. They would join our growing Audience department and be at the heart of our digital strategy. The closing date is January 31st 🚨 economist.com/news/2021/01/1…
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Israel has currently inoculated by far the greatest share of its population, according to Our World in Data. The United Arab Emirates comes in second econ.st/3hPZS3G
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BREAKING: A senior EU diplomat has told Reuters a trade deal between the UK and EU is 'imminent' and 'may come as early as today'. Latest on #Brexit: trib.al/GGchUWQ
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#Dubai's Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management: Extensive vaccination campaign against Covid-19 kicks off in Dubai on Wednesday. Vaccination will use Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine and is free of charge.
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Read more about our Economist Corporate Networks, supporting members in Asia, the Middle East and Africa ow.ly/u5c830r7Nns
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Saudi Arabia might be willing to ease the blockade of Qatar. But reopening airspace is hardly a full reconciliation; Qatar won't offer much in return; and other members of the so-called quartet aren't feeling so conciliatory. economist.com/middle-east-an…
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Planes carried just 31m passengers around the world in April—similar to levels last seen in the 1970s econ.st/2VpBtri
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For the first time, all five Arab countries involved in the three-year Gulf dispute have agreed to negotiate an end to the crisis on.ft.com/2L8CB0F
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