Michael Hirson is a Non-Resident Honorary Fellow on Chinese Economy and Technology at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis. He is also senior managing director and head of China research at 22V Research, an independent macro investment advisory firm based in New York. He joined the firm in 2022 from Eurasia Group, where he was practice head for China and Northeast Asia. In these roles, he has focused on the interplay between economics and politics in the Asia region and the U.S.-China relationship.

Prior to his work in the private sector, Michael was the U.S. Treasury Department’s chief representative in China from 2014 to 2016. In this capacity, he advised senior U.S. officials on macroeconomic and financial developments in China and engaged with the U.S. business community and Chinese officials on a broad range of economic and trade issues. His earlier roles at the U.S. Treasury included deputy director for Middle East and North Africa, U.S. financial attaché to Afghanistan, and desk economist for China and Mongolia.

Michael has an MA in International Affairs (concentration in China Studies) from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., and a graduate certificate from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He received his BA from Pomona College in Claremont, California.