Komal Sri-Kumar, a senior fellow of the Milken Institute, is president of Santa Monica-based Sri-Kumar Global Strategies Inc., a macroeconomic consulting firm that advises multinational firms and sovereign wealth funds on global risk and opportunities. Before founding his own firm, he was group managing director and chief global strategist of The TCW Group Inc., where he was also the long-time chairman of the firm's Comprehensive Asset Allocation Committee. Prior to joining TCW, Sri-Kumar was senior vice president at Drexel Burnham Lambert and executive vice president of DBL Americas, responsible for country risk analysis. Previously, he was president of the Country Risk Consulting Service, which he founded to advise Big Eight accounting firms and investment and commercial banks on Latin American debt service capacity. Sri-Kumar holds a master's degree from the Delhi School of Economics and a master's and Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.