Dr. Gopi Krishnan
Associate Director, Macro & Market Analytics, ICMR
Dr. Gopi Krishnan is an Associate Director at ICMR, with 15 years of research experience in capital markets and economics. His role in ICMR is focused on determining critical links between financial markets and economic growth and the development of macro and market analytics capabilities for ICMR.
Prior to joining ICMR, Gopi was the Head of Macro, Financial Market and Analytics in ValueCAP. His team provided strategic support to the organisation through various investment tools and quants approaches to determine asset allocation according to expected business cycle models. He was also appointed as a Non-Independent Board member of VCAM Investment Committee (a subsidiary company of Valuecap) in 2017; in recognition of the need to incorporate views and feedback on the evolving global, regional and local economic and market developments into the strategic planning and direction for the investment team.
Beyond his professional career, he has conducted research in the academic arena. His PhD thesis was on the “Dynamic Links Between Institutions, Innovation and Economic Growth” with a focus on the role of institutions and innovation in the economic development. He has published in various academic journals and book chapters in the area of economic growth and development policy. He possesses strong analytical skills, especially working with various econometrics and forecasting models. Before joining Valuecap, he was a lecturer at University of Malaya and Inti International College, Subang Jaya.
Gopi Krishnan obtained his doctorate in Economics from University of Malaya in 2019.
