Todd is responsible for China's macroeconomic forecast, analysis, research, and risk assessment. Besides China's economic issues, Todd expertise includes macroeconomics, urban and regional economics, and international economic development. As a seasoned and keen China watcher, Todd has years of professional experience assisting multinational corporations navigating China's fast-evolving economic conditions. He accurately forecast China's protracted growth slowdown in the 2010s, which helped clients prepare for a peaked Chinese growth environment. Prior to taking on the role of chief China economist, Todd was an executive director of Global Economics at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Todd joined S&P Global Market Intelligence with the acquisition of Global Insight. He led the Asia Economics Group at Global Insight and was a senior economist at Standard & Poor's DRI.

Todd earned a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Irvine. He is fluent in Chinese.