When Graeme Maxton speaks, people listen. An influential voice warning us of changes we must make to overcome the challenges of unemployment, inequality and climate change.

Graeme Maxton is a business economist, best-selling author and a Member of the Club of Rome, where until recently he served as its Secretary-General. He is the author of Reinventing Prosperity; managing economic growth to reduce unemployment, inequality and climate change (German edition Ein Prozent ist genug)" (2016) and "The End of Progress; how modern economics has failed us" (2011) which became an international best seller and has been translated into several languages.

The Club of Rome is a global network of 100 renowned independent thinkeGraeme Maxton provides unique insight into the greatest challenges humanity faces. He believes modern economics has failed us and that we are facing the end of sustainable growth.

Graeme is a leading global climate change economist and UNECE Pathways Project Advisory Board Member. From 2014-18 he was Secretary-General of the Club of Rome, a global network of 100 renowned independent thinkers dedicated to addressing the problems facing humanity. He was previously regional director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Asia, with Booz & Co, Citigroup and American Express, and was a visiting professor at Cass Business School from 1988 to 2002.

He is the author or co-author of five books and contributes regularly to a wide range of online and print publications. His latest book, Change! Warum wir eine radikale Wende brauchen (why we need a radical turnaround), was published in 2018 and was No.1 best-selling environmental book on Amazon in Germany. A trenchant critic of modern economic thinking, Graeme is the co-author of Reinventing Prosperity: Managing economic growth to reduce unemployment, inequality and climate change (2016), Graeme is also the sole author of The End of Progress: How modern economics has failed us (2011), which was nominated for the FT's Best Book about Business Award and has been translated into Chinese, Czech, Romanian, and German. It was a top-20 Spiegel best-seller. He is currently working on a new book, Global Emergency: why democracy has reached its limits, which will be published in early 2020.

As well as contributing articles to a wide range of international newspapers, journals, and magazines, he is also the co-author of two books on the automotive industry, Time for a Model Change (2004), which was Cambridge University Press' Feature Book of the Year, and Driving Over a Cliff (1995), which was nominated for the FT's Best Book about Business Award.

Graeme engages with a wide range of institutions around the world and presents and facilitates dialogue on the world economy, global business and Asia. Well-known for his insights, stimulating presentations and event-chairing style, he delivers punchy, clearly articulated analysis on the opportunities and risks that lie ahead.

Graeme is a powerful and engaging speaker, and a naturally skilled moderator. He presents at international business forums around the world, and provides strategic briefings to boards and senior management meetings for international companies.