Meet the Leaders with David Marsh and Vicky Pryce

David Marsh is a British-German citizen, Chairman and Co-Founder of OMFIF. Previously, he worked for City merchant bank Robert Fleming, corporate finance boutique Hawkpoint and German management consultancy Droege. He was chairman of independent London investment bank London and Oxford plc. He attained German citizenship in October 2020, coexisting with his British nationality.

Marsh was Board Member of Henderson Eurotrust for nine teas before stepping down in November 2020. He is a member of the presidium of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany, and visiting Professor at Sheffield University and King's College London. He is co-founder, former chairman and deputy chairman of the German-British Forum. He was made Commander of the British Empire in 2000 and was awarded the German Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in 2003.

He started his career at Reuters in 1973 having graduated with a BA in chemistry from Queen's College Oxford. Between 1978 and 1995 he worked for the Financial Times in France and Germany, latterly as European Editor in London. Marsh has written six books: 'Six Days in September – Black Wednesday, Brexit and the Making of Europe’ (co-authored with William Keegan and the late Richard Roberts) (2017); ‘Europe’s Deadlock: How the Crisis Could Be Solved - And Why It Won’t Happen' (2013); 'The Euro – The Politics of the New Global Currency' (2009 – re-released in 2011 as 'The Battle for the New Global Currency'); 'Germany and Europe – The Crisis of Unity' (1994); 'The Bundesbank – The Bank that Rules Europe' (1992); and 'Germany – Rich, Bothered and Divided' (1989).

Vicky Pryce is the Chair of Radix Big Tent and a leading economist and author, whose career includes being Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and Chief Economist and Partner at KPMG after senior positions in banking and the energy sector. She is currently Chief Economic Adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research. Vicky is also Chair of the Economic Advisory Council for the British Chambers of Commerce and a visiting Professor at King’s College, London. She is a patron of Pro-Bono Economics and was co-founder of GoodCorporation, a company set up to advise on business ethics.