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David Marsh | |
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| Born | 30 July 1952 Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queen's College Oxford |
| Website | www.omfif.org |
David Wayne Marsh CBE (born 30 July 1952) is a British financial specialist, business consultant and writer on political, economic and monetary issues.
Marsh was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex on 30 July 1952. [1] He started his career at Reuters in 1973 having graduated with a BA in chemistry from Queen's College Oxford. Between 1978 and 1995, he worked for the Financial Times newspaper in France and Germany, latterly as European Editor in London.[ citation needed ]
Following his journalism career, Marsh worked for City merchant bank Robert Fleming, corporate finance boutique Hawkpoint and German management consultancy Droege, where he built its UK subsidiary. He is former co-founder, chairman and deputy chairman of the German-British Forum as well as former Chairman of the Advisory Board of the London & Oxford Group.[ citation needed ]
Currently[ when? ] Marsh is a Senior Adviser to asset management company Soditic. [2] He is also a Board Member of Henderson Eurotrust, and the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany, and visiting Professor at Sheffield University’s department of politics [3] and The Policy Institute at King's College London. [4] [5]
In 2010, Marsh co-founded the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), where he serves as Chairman.[ citation needed ]
Marsh is a frequent commentator in Europe and the US, writing articles for The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, [6] and German newspaper Handelsblatt. [7] He contributes occasionally to other media outlets that include Financial Times, [8] New York Times. [9]
In 2000, Marsh was appointed as a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to Anglo-German relations. [10] and was awarded the German Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in 2003.
Marsh has written six books, with his three most recent books published by Yale University Press and OMFIF Press. His books have been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
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