Societe Generale Appoints Wei Yao as Global Chief Economist

In this role, Wei will oversee the global economic research team across the US, Europe and Asia. Her key responsibilities include defining the team’s editorial agenda, delivering impactful research through insightful cross-regional economic themes, and providing regular analysis of monetary and fiscal policy trends. Wei and her team will also continue to monitor and assess how rising geopolitical risks may influence the global economic outlook. 

Wei will also retain her role as Head of Asia Pacific Research, further strengthening cross-regional collaboration across Societe Generale’s global research platform.
 
Economic research plays a critical role in understanding the performance of financial assets. Close collaboration with other research groups will be essential to delivering value-added insights across Global Research and Strategy for both internal and external clients.
 
Wei remains based in Hong Kong and continues to report locally to Mohamed Braham, Head of Global Markets for Asia Pacific, and functionally to Kokou Agbo-Bloua, Global Head of Research for Global Markets. 
              
 
Biography: 

Wei Yao joined Societe Generale in 2010 and has led Asia Pacific research as Head of Research and Chief Economist since 2021. Prior to joining Societe Generale, she worked in global macro research at Kuwait-China Investment Company (now Asiya Investment) in the Middle East. Wei holds a bachelor’s degree from Fudan University and a master’s degree in Economics from Tufts University.