Sarah Quinlan is the Managing Director and Founder of SAQ Economic Advisory LLC. Sarah has over 25 years of macro-economic asset management experience utilizing all asset classes. She also has been a macro economic advisor to C-Suite executives from financial institutions, merchants and governments across over 50 countries. She creates custom actionable insights to direct strategic and digital objectives and evaluate historical results. Sarah also delivers global economic forecasting to advise on expansion for companies within multiple countries. She focuses on digital and technological evolution and expansion with key clients globally. As a highly rated and experienced keynote speaker for industry conferences with multiple media appearances as an economic specialist, she continues to speak globally.

Specifically, Sarah spent  six years as the Senior Vice President for Global Market Insights at Mastercard. Prior to that she was a Partner and Strategic Advisor at Matrix Advisors, working  with corporations in industries ranging from insurance to glycol recycling. She previously was the CIO of a Family Office managing liquid and illiquid investments. She began her career in Commercial Real Estate Investment Banking at Salomon Brothers.

Sarah has a B.A. and MBA from the University of Chicago and is known for taking complex topics and simplifying them. Additionally, she infuses humor into her speeches along with relatable anecdotes, often noted by those who attend her talks.