Mark Cliffe is ING Group Chief Economist. He is responsible for a global research team in 16 offices around the world, servicing institutional and corporate customers with research on macro-economics, fixed income, equities and FX, money market and derivative products. Among the many industry awards he and the team have received, in 2008 Bloomberg again ranked ING the top forecaster of US economic growth and Thomson Extel the number one economics team for the EMEA region.

Mark travels extensively advising corporate and institutional ING customers worldwide. He is noted for his incisive writing on economic and financial issues. Over the past 25 years Mark has become well-known in the international media, making frequent TV appearances on international channels such as CNBC and Bloomberg. Prior to his career at ING he worked as Chief International Economist for HSBC Markets, Nomura Research Institute and ANZ Merchant Bank. Mark resides in London and works alternately in London and Amsterdam.