Rain Newton-Smith is currently the Chief Executive of the Confederation of British Industry, after serving as the organisation’s Chief Economist for eight years. She has earned recognition as a leading strategic leader and macroeconomist, owing to her 20-year-long successful career. Rain is an industry leader, specialising in subjects like macroeconomics, climate, biodiversity, the race to net zero, sustainable finance, and global governance amongst others. She can now be booked to speak at events on these subjects.
Rain’s career is built on a strong academic foundation. She possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Economics from LSE. Her career began at the Bank of England as an Economist and Research Advisor to the MPC unit. While there, she also took on the role of Advisor to the Executive Director at the IMF. In 2008, Rain became the Head of Emerging Markets at Oxford Economics. In 2014, Rain began her tenure at the Confederation of British Industry as a Chief Economist, a role she held for eight years.
In 2023, she spent two months as Managing Director of Sustainability Strategy and Policy and ESG at Barclays before returning to the Confederation of British Industry as their Chief Executive. Rain also serves as the Non-Executive Director at the F&C Investment Trust where she shares her expertise in sustainability, governance on reducing carbon emissions and ESG reporting. Included in Management Today’s 35 Under 35 list, Rain was also named the Young Global Leader of 2012 by the World Economic Forum, and he is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on the New Agenda for Fiscal and Monetary Policy.
Passionate about her work towards creating policies that will facilitate a net zero carbon economy by 2050, Rain is hoping to foster inclusive growth in a dynamic world of technology and business. Rain is an esteemed voice on economics and sustainable finance, who is now available to hire for your next event on similar topics. Book Rain Newton-Smith when looking for an industry leader to speak at your next event!
