Economic Outlook 2024 hosted by WiBF & ANZ

Kristina is an experienced economist. She has spent a decade working at the Reserve Bank of Australia and now works in the private sector. Kristina’s current focus is on international economics and foreign exchange strategy.

Belinda Cheung is a Director in the Economics and Capital Markets team at the Future Fund, Australia’s sovereign wealth fund. She is part of the Investment team, with primary responsibility for formulating the Australian and global macroeconomic outlook, along with forecasts for the cash rate and bond yields. Prior to joining the Future Fund, Belinda was a Senior Economist at Aware Super, a Director in the Fixed Income and Currency Strategy team at Commonwealth Bank and a Senior Economist and Manager at the Reserve Bank of Australia where she started her career. Belinda holds a combined Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Economics from the University of New South Wales.

Catherine is a Senior Economist in the Australian economics team at ANZ Research. She provides research, analysis and forecasts on inflation, wages, infrastructure, ESG, and the broader Australian and global economies. Prior to joining ANZ in 2019, Catherine was a Senior Policy Adviser/Economist for the Victorian Government, an Environmental Economist for the Namibia Nature Foundation, and an Economic Analyst for BIS Oxford Economics. Catherine holds a Master of International and Development Economics from the Australian National University.

Su-Lin Ong is a Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets, Chief Economist & Senior Relationship Manager. She has led the Economics and Fixed Income Strategy team for AU/NZ since 2010 and was Head of AU Research, including oversight for equity research, from 2015 to 2019.  In August 2019, she began a newly created role to help foster senior relationships with RBC’s key clients.

Su-Lin is part of the global strategy team with primary responsibility for formulating and presenting RBC’s AU/NZ macroeconomic outlook, cash rate view and bond yield forecasts. Based in RBC’s Sydney office, she works closely with sales and trading across fixed income, currencies, and equities in Australia as well as key RBC offices across the globe. Prior to joining RBC in 1998, Su-Lin was a fixed income economist for Hambros Bank and before that worked as an economist at the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet in Canberra.

She is a former Director of Business Spectator and Executive of NSW/ACT FINSIA Regional Council and CEDA’s Economic Policy Committee.  Su-Lin is currently an Executive Member of The Australian Business Economists and sits on the Women in Banking and Finance Board. She is also a founding member of RBC’s Diversity Council, RWomen Committee and actively involved in their mentoring and charity programs including Lou’s Place and Ronald McDonald House, Randwick. Su-Lin is an ambassador for the RBA’s Women in Economics initiative and supports a number of initiatives aimed at building pipeline economic talent, especially female. She regularly represents RBC at various industry, policy and education forums. Su-Lin holds a BEc from the University of Sydney, Post Graduate in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia, is a Fellow, FINSIA, and scholarship recipient and recent graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.