Barrett Bingley

Head of Business Development, Multilaterals and International Development, APAC
Director – Media Sales, North Asia

Economist Impact

Barrett Bingley has been with The Economist Group for 10years. Barrett leads the multilateral practice at Economist Impact – the division which combines the research, content creation, advertising, events and digital aspects of The Economist Group.In his practice he has worked with UN agencies, development banks, corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments to utilize Economist Impact’s capabilities to satisfy knowledge and insight requirements as well as branding, influence, government relations, corporation communications and marketing goals.

Barrett is a Board Director with the Society of Publishers Asia (SOPA) and sits on the Finance and Government Relations Committee.

Prior to coming to Hong Kong, Barrett was the Senior Policy Advisor to the Canadian Foreign Minister and before that the Policy Advisor to the Trade Minister with a focus on the Indo-Pacific.

Barrett is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, a Commonwealth Scholar and holds Master’s Degree in International Relations from the Victoria University of Wellington. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Indonesian Centre for Strategic and International Studies, publishing on trade, piracy and terrorism in the South China Sea.