Alexander Börsch

EUROPE

Alexander Börsch is Chief Economist and Head of Research at Deloitte Germany. He leads a team of economists, sector specialists and knowledge experts and is a member of Deloitte’s Global Economics team. His research focus is on European and German economics, the development of the digital economy as well as labor market and globalization trends.. He is the author of the book “The Post-Covid Economy – the 7 Crucial Economic Trends of the 2020s (in German) and of numerous studies. Before joining Deloitte, he worked in economics departments in the strategic management consulting and the asset management industry. He studied at the University of Munich, received his Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence and was visiting researcher at Insead, Warwick University and the London School of Economics.

He is the author of numerous studies on German and European economics, Brexit, the geography of innovation as well as the business impact of demographic change. His research has been covered by Handelsblatt, The Wall Street Journal, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Economist, and Spiegel Online among others. He has also published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and a monograph with Cornell University Press.