Richard Gibbs is Chief Economist and Head of Economics for the Macquarie Group Limited. He has worked for Macquarie for the past 17 years and is responsible for the formulation and presentation of the Group's economic scenarios and forecasts for Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the major industrial economies. He also acts as a specialist adviser to several of the Group's major corporate clients and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Richard is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading global analysts and policy commentators. Since 2005, the annual Greenwich surveys of institutional investors in the US, UK/Europe and Asia have ranked Richard and his team number one for Australian economic and market research. For the past eight years in Australia, the team has occupied a Top Two position with major institutional investors. He also provides regular briefings to the Australia-China Business Council (ACBC) and frequently delivers the ACBC's China Economic Updates.