Mr. Zbyszko Tabernacki， CFA， is senior vice president of Economics and Country Risk at IHS Markit. He is a recognized expert on country risk， global economics and emerging markets economics and finance.

　　Mr. Tabernacki manages a global team of 460 country and industry analysts， data specialists， economists and consultants based in eleven offices on four continents. His team is responsible for daily coverage， analysis and forecasts of economic， commodity and industry-level indicators， as well as risk assessments of 205 countries globally. His group also includes the team responsible for generation of the PMI and HPI indices， which are broadly recognized as among the most important economic indicators available in the marketplace. He frequently speaks at seminars and international conferences. He also gained experience in corporate finance， mergers and acquisition while working with Price Waterhouse in Warsaw， Poland. He is a member of the National Association of Business Economists in Washington， D.C.， and the CFA Institute. He is a charterholder of the CFA designation. Mr. Tabernacki holds a Master of Science in International Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics （SGH）， Warsaw， Poland， and continued his postgraduate studies in international finance and global markets at the McDonough School of Business， Georgetown University， Washington D.C.， US.■