Name: XIA Le

Title: Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A

Company introduction:  Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is one of the largest Spanish banks, operating as a global universal bank and offering retail, private, corporate and investment banking products and services to its customers.

Research field: Monetary policy, Banking sectors in emerging economies，FinTech, Securitization

Working experiences and achievements: Dr. XIA Le works for PingAn Technology as the Chief Economist and Head of Research at the Digital Economic Research Center (DERC). He also serves as Senior Research Fellow in International Monetary Institute at Renmin University of China and Council Member of Academic Committee of International Financial Forum. Prior to joining DERC, Dr. Xia was Chief Economist for Asia at BBVA Research Department and worked for the Treasury Department of Bank of China (Hong Kong).

Academic achievements: Dr. XIA has published his works in both academic journals and the international media, including Economic Letters, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Financial Research. Nikkei Asian Review, OMFIF Monthly Bulletin, People’s Daily and FTChinese. He has been frequently invited to express views about the Chinese economy on Bloomberg, CNBC, CGTN, Phoenix TV, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.