David Roche, the president and global strategist at Independent Strategy, is an economic and political analyst whom I got to know while reporting on the Asian financial crisis for the International Herald Tribune.

He always has sharp and provocative ideas and has forecast a number of turning points in global investments. He was among the few who predicted the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Until 1994, David Roche was Head of Research and Global Strategist at Morgan Stanley. He holds an MA from Trinity College Dublin and an MBA with the highest distinction from INSEAD.

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