Jan Friederich is a macro-economist with long experiences in field, currently working as Senior Director of Fitch Ratings. He worked on the Economist Intelligence Unit as Global Forecasting Director of Asia for 10 years in cooperation with country specialists. He also analyses trends in major regions and has given numerous presentations on economic prospects for the world economy, the US, the EU and Asia to top level executives of major global corporations, corporate seminars and conferences with high-level audiences. He has appeared frequently on the BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC and CNN and has been quoted by major international newspapers.