Tara Hariharan

Tara Hariharan is managing director and head of global macro research at NWI Management LP, a New York City-based global macro hedge fund. She leads top-down analysis of economic activity, policy, and macro-political issues for both developed and developing countries globally, and created NWI’s proprietary “macro dashboard” to identify strategic investment opportunities in fixed income, foreign exchange, equities, and commodities. Her analysis is notably informed by sustained dialogue with a diverse group of high-level policymakers in both developed and emerging markets. Ms. Hariharan regularly presents her assessments of China’s economy and U.S.-China relations to senior U.S. and emerging markets policymakers and International Monetary Fund representatives. She was a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Crain’s New York Business “40 Under 40” award. She features on CNBC and Bloomberg Television and is quoted by Reuters as an expert on China, emerging markets and global macro, and is a seasoned public speaker and moderator of events on global economics, financial markets and foreign policy, and transatlantic relations with a focus on the German economy.

Ms. Hariharan is a recognized thought leader at the intersection of financial markets and international affairs, and is deeply involved with several prominent foreign policy organizations. She serves on the boards of two premier transatlantic organizations – the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the American Council on Germany – as well as on the Millennium Fellowship Program Advisory Council at the Atlantic Council. She is also an active life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Economic Club of New York and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economists’ Committee. A member of the Inter-American Dialogue, she regularly contributes to its publications on trade flows and China’s influence on Latin America. Ms. Hariharan has been awarded several prestigious fellowships for rising leaders in foreign policy: she was a 2023 Millennium Leadership Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a 2022 Economic Club of New York Fellow, a 2017-2021 Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, a 2016 American Council on Germany Young Leader, and a 2014 German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial Fellow. Ms. Hariharan earned a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology summa cum laude from Princeton University and a graduate certificate in International Relations from Harvard Extension School.