An analyst by training but a builder at heart, Damien has built and led various intellectual ventures from the ground up, including the Macro Polo think tank at the Paulson Institute, the China practice at Eurasia Group, and a global experiential education program at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He has also helped conceptualize and shape content verticals for macroeconomic and geopolitics-oriented consultancies.
As adjunct faculty, he has taught graduate students at Johns Hopkins SAIS and MBAs at Kellogg. As an author and editor, he has produced several books on China's political economy and energy and environmental challenges and has appeared widely in print and broadcast media. He has keynoted various industry, investor, and academic conferences, including CLSA, Credit Suisse Latin America, S2G Summit, and the Federal Reserve Dallas, and has briefed policymakers on developments in Asia. He currently serves as senior advisor to Gavekal and Aurora Macro Strategies.
Throughout his career, Damien’s analytical and advisory work has served institutional investors and multinationals, as well as US, Japanese, Singaporean, and Australian governments.
马旸虽然升入了专业分析，但骨子里是一位实干家。他从零开始创建并领导了多个项目和组织，包括保尔森国际经济研究所的宏观经济智库“宏观马球”（Macro Polo）、欧亚集团的中国业务以及西北大学凯洛格商学院的全球体验式教育项目。他还帮助多家宏观经济和地缘政治咨询公司构思和构建垂直领域的内容。
作为兼职教师，他曾在约翰·霍普金斯大学高级国际研究学院（SAIS）教授研究生课程，并在凯洛格商学院教授MBA课程。作为一名作家和编辑，他撰写了多部关于中国政治经济、能源和环境挑战的著作，并在平面媒体和广播媒体上发表了大量文章。他曾在多个行业、投资者和学术会议上发表主题演讲，包括里昂证券（CLSA）、瑞士信贷拉丁美洲峰会、S2G峰会和达拉斯联邦储备银行会议，并曾向政策制定者介绍亚洲的最新动态。
达米安的职业生涯中，其分析和咨询工作服务于机构投资者、跨国公司以及美国、日本、新加坡和澳大利亚政府。