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Daniel Lacalle
PhD Economist & Fund Manager | Chief Economist, Tressis | Professor, IE Business School | Bestselling Author, Escape from the Central Bank Trap
Daniel Lacalle is a working fund manager who also writes and teaches about the forces behind global markets. As Chief Economist at Tressis and author of Escape from the Central Bank Trap, he offers a practitioner's reading of interest rates, inflation, debt, and energy that few academic economists can match. On stage he is direct and data-driven, giving senior leaders practical scenarios for capital allocation and risk in an uncertain economy.
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Daniel Lacalle biography
Economics speaker Daniel Lacalle brings a rare vantage point to the global economy: he is an economist, fund manager, and author who manages real money while writing and teaching about the forces that move it. Born in Madrid in 1967, he holds a PhD in Economics from the Catholic University of Valencia, a master’s degree in Economic Investigation, a postgraduate degree from IESE Business School, and the CIIA (Certified International Investment Analyst) designation.
Lacalle spent more than a decade in the energy sector at Repsol, Enagás, and ABN AMRO before moving into portfolio management at the hedge fund Citadel, followed by Ecofin and a vice presidency at PIMCO. He is Chief Economist at Tressis, co-manages Adriza International Opportunities across equities, bonds, and commodities, and teaches global economics at IE Business School and IEB in Madrid. The Thomson Reuters Extel Survey named him Top 3 Generalist and Number 1 Pan-European Buyside Individual in Oil & Gas, and Richtopia has ranked him among the most influential economists in the world.
Author and Commentator on Money, Markets, and Energy
His English-language books include Life in the Financial Markets and The Energy World Is Flat (co-written with Diego Parrilla), both published by Wiley, along with Escape from the Central Bank Trap, a pointed critique of quantitative easing and ultra-low interest rates, and Freedom or Equality, his case for market-driven prosperity. In Spanish, his titles include Nosotros los mercados, La gran trampa, and El nuevo orden económico mundial, which examines the shifting balance of power among the United States, China, and Europe. He contributes regularly to CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, and the World Economic Forum, presides over the Mises Instituto Hispano, and sits on the investment advisory board of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. He has delivered keynotes at the Federal Reserve in Houston, the London School of Economics, and the Nordea Investor Summit in Oslo.
As a speaker, Daniel Lacalle is among the most requested economics speakers for boards, investment committees, and leadership teams that need clear answers on interest rates, inflation, sovereign debt, and energy. He pairs a portfolio manager’s discipline with a teacher’s clarity, turning complex macro trends into scenarios audiences can put to work. Attendees leave better prepared to test their assumptions, anticipate policy shifts, and make sharper decisions about capital and strategy.
Daniel Lacalle Speaking Videos
Presentation by Daniel Lacalle at the Madrid Economic Forum
Daniel Lacalle at the European Parliament. Spain as an example of recovery and the populist threat
Daniel Lacalle Keynote Topics
Years of quantitative easing, near-zero rates, and swelling central bank balance sheets promised stability. Lacalle shows what they delivered instead: inflated asset prices, record public debt, eroded purchasing power, and a quiet transfer of wealth from savers to governments. Drawing on his book Escape from the Central Bank Trap and his daily work as a fund manager, he explains how monetary policy shapes valuations, currencies, and credit conditions.
The session gives financial institutions, boards, and corporate treasurers a practical framework for interest rate risk, inflation, and sovereign debt exposure, along with the warning signs that tend to appear before policy mistakes turn into market stress.
Energy sits where geopolitics, industrial competitiveness, and climate policy meet. Lacalle, who spent more than a decade inside the energy industry before managing oil and gas portfolios, separates the numbers from the slogans: where renewables already compete on cost, where the math still falls short, and why supply security has returned to the top of the agenda.
Audiences in energy, industry, and finance come away with a clearer view of how to position investments and operations for a world that will rely on both clean power and hydrocarbons for decades.
Across the world, governments are expanding intervention, adding regulation, and promising redistribution as the answer to inequality. Building on his book Freedom or Equality, Lacalle presents the evidence for the opposite approach: sound money, open trade, lower taxes, and the rule of law as the most reliable path to broadly shared prosperity.
Designed for business leaders, policy forums, and think tanks, this keynote helps audiences understand how rising populism affects taxation, regulation, and investment decisions, and what companies can do to stay competitive.
FAQs on Booking Daniel Lacalle
Why Daniel Lacalle?
Daniel Lacalle speaks from inside the markets, not from the sidelines. As Chief Economist at Tressis, a practicing fund manager, and the author of internationally published books on monetary policy, energy, and economic freedom, he gives audiences analysis grounded in real investment decisions. His work has been cited in the US House of Representatives, and he has delivered keynotes at the Federal Reserve in Houston and the London School of Economics. For financial services, energy, and corporate leadership events, he offers a candid, evidence-based view of where the global economy is heading and what it means for strategy. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to check his availability and receive a tailored proposal.
What does Daniel Lacalle argue about central banks and inflation?
Lacalle is a leading critic of expansionary monetary policy. He argues that quantitative easing, negative rates, and rapid money supply growth inflate asset prices and public debt while weakening real wages and productive investment. In his view, the cost of these policies falls hardest on savers and the middle class through inflation and the loss of currency purchasing power, a thesis many investors revisited after the inflation surge that followed the pandemic.
What is Daniel Lacalle's background in finance?
Lacalle began his career in energy at Repsol, Enagás, and ABN AMRO, then moved into portfolio management at Citadel, Ecofin, and PIMCO, where he served as a vice president. He is Chief Economist at Tressis and co-manages Adriza International Opportunities, covering equities, bonds, and commodities. He also teaches global economics at IE Business School and IEB, and the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey ranked him Number 1 Pan-European Buyside Individual in Oil & Gas.
What makes an economist an effective keynote speaker for business audiences?
The best economics keynotes connect big-picture trends to decisions leaders must make now, such as pricing, hiring, financing, and investment. Speakers who manage capital themselves, like Daniel Lacalle, tend to offer sharper scenarios than purely academic voices because their views are tested by the markets every day. Clear structure, concrete data, and room for audience questions also make the session more useful. To bring Daniel Lacalle or another leading economist to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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