Iata appoints chief economist
Marie Owens Thomsen will join the International Air Transport Association (Iata) as its chief economist, effective 4 January 2022. She has served as head of global trends and sustainability at Banque Lombard Odier since 2020. Before that, she was global head of investment intelligence at Indosuez Wealth Management from 2011-2020. She has also held chief economist and related roles for Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and HSBC.
Owens Thomsen holds a PhD in intl economics from the Graduate Institute in Geneva and an MBA equivalent from the University of Gothenburg in intl sconomics and business. Holding US, UK and Swiss nationalities, she has worked in UK, France and Switzerland and is fluent in Swedish, English and French. (cj)