Oliver Melton Joins Rhodium Group’s China Practice

Rhodium Group welcomes Oliver Melton as a Director in its growing China practice. Oliver brings a wealth of experience as a diplomat and highly respected US government China expert who will augment Rhodium Group’s ability to deliver cutting-edge, policy-relevant analysis of global dynamics tied to China’s changing economy. Oliver will advise senior clients, manage a growing team, and oversee research from our expanding Washington, DC office.

Oliver comes to Rhodium Group after five years as US Treasury Department Financial Attaché in China. In this role, he advised Treasury leadership and the US ambassador on Chinese economic policy and political dynamics. He was intimately involved in high-level discussions and negotiations on trade frictions, industrial policy, sanctions, financial regulation, and other issues at the heart of US-China relations.

Prior to his Treasury Department role, Oliver served for nearly a decade as a Senior Analyst with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, where he was a leading expert on China’s industrial policies, economic statecraft, macroeconomy, trade policy, and economic decision-making. His policy recommendations and analysis have been influential at the highest levels of the US government, and he has personally briefed cabinet secretaries, national security advisors, and the president of the United States.

Oliver has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Rhodium Group’s China practice provides in-depth, timely and rigorous analysis of China’s economy, technology and industrial policies, and economic statecraft. Oliver’s experience and expertise will help Rhodium Group expand its industry-leading analytic capabilities to help public sector, commercial, and civil society leaders navigate the twenty-first century’s most complicated and difficult economic challenges.