Martin H. Barnes

November 18, 2021 @ 4:00 pm EST

Mr. Barnes is BCA Research’s Chief Economist. He joined BCA Research in late 1987 and for 18 years he was responsible for The Bank Credit Analyst, the company’s highly respected flagship service. His analysis of the economic and financial outlook is widely followed around the world, and he is known for providing leading-edge research on a broad range of subjects of relevance to investors. He is quoted regularly in the press and speaks frequently at investment conferences. In his book The Ultimate Investor, the legendary investor Dean LeBaron featured Mr. Barnes as one of “The People That Make Modern Investment.” Prior to joining BCA, Mr. Barnes spent 10 years as Chief International Economist with Wood Mackenzie, one of the top U.K. brokerage firms. From 1973 to 1977 he was an economist with British Petroleum in London. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Conference of Business Economists, and the Montreal and Victoria Societies of Financial Analysts. From mid-2009 to late 2014, he was on the Board of Trustees of the University of Victoria Pension Fund. He received his economics degree from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and moved from Scotland to Canada in 1987.