Tara Hariharan is managing director of global macro research at NWI Management LP, a New York-based hedge fund. She leads top-down analysis of economic activity, policy, and macro-political issues for countries worldwide, with a focus on the United States, Europe, and China. She created NWI’s proprietary “macro dashboard” to identify strategic investment opportunities in fixed income, foreign exchange, equities, and commodities.

Hariharan regularly presents her assessments of China’s economy and US-China relations to senior US policymakers and International Monetary Fund representatives. A seasoned public speaker, she is featured on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and speaks at forums on global macroeconomics, the Chinese and European economies, and emerging markets.

Hariharan was a 2014 Marshall Memorial fellow, a 2016 American Council on Germany (ACG) young leader, a 2022 Economic Club of New York fellow, and a 2023 Atlantic Council Millennium Leadership fellow. She is now an ACG board member, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Economic Club of New York and the Inter-American Dialogue.

Hariharan holds a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in anthropology from Princeton University and a graduate certificate in international relations from Harvard Extension School.