DBS appoints Taimur Baig as chief economist
He has close to 20 years' experience covering the Asia region
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VETERAN economist Taimur Baig is DBS Bank's chief economist and managing director for group research from Monday, the bank announced on Friday. Mr Baig takes over from David Carbon, who is retiring. He reports to Timothy Wong, managing director and head of DBS Group Research.
Mr Baig is a seasoned economist, with close to 20 years' experience covering the Asia region. His work experience in both Singapore and Washington, DC spans central and commercial banks and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and his areas of specialty include international finance, macro risk spillover, exchange rate and fixed income analytics and forecasting, the economics of financial crisis, and demographics.
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