Tao Wang
Head of UBS Asia Economics, Chief China Economist
UBS
Tao Wang is the author of “Making Sense of China’s Economy” and currently head of Asia
Economic Research at UBS investment bank. She is an invited fellow of the China Finance
(CF) 40 Forum and a member of the China Global Economic Governance 50 Forum.
Dr. Wang’s research on China covers a wide range of topics including monetary policy, the
debt problem, local government finance, the property bubble, the demographic challenge,
US-China trade disputes, and global supply chain shifts. Dr. Wang has been consistently
ranked as one of the top China economists by institutional investors. She writes a column
for Caixin, and her views have been widely quoted by international and Chinese media.
Prior to joining UBS, Dr. Wang worked as Head of Asian Economics at BP plc and a senior
economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She received her Ph.D. in Economics
from New York University and her bachelor’s degree from Renmin University in Beijing.