Simon Baptist

Vice President, Visa Business and Economic Insights Visa

Simon Baptist is the Principal Economist for APAC at Visa, responsible for analysis and thought leadership on economics and business in the region. An engaging and renowned economic communicator who can make economic ideas actionable and relevant to stakeholders across financial services, corporates and government, Simon briefs boards and executive teams, and give keynote presentations at large events, and have regularly appeared on international broadcast media. Simon’s career so far has involved close to two decades of progressively more senior experience as a professional economist. Prior to Visa, Simon was the Global Chief Economist at the EIU, a lecturer at Oxford University and an economics consultant focusing on climate change, productivity and development economics. Simon is an expert in analysis global economic trends and will be sharing his insights on macro-economic environment across the globe and Asia Pacific region with a lens on the impact on payments, consumers and business.