Responsible for all non real estate investments at the Commissioners (c£10.5bn) including public equities, absolute return, fixed income and private markets (PE, Credit, VC).
Also responsible for TAA hedging for the fund involving use of derivatives in equities, rates and FX. Set up TAA from scratch including building a suite of ML models to act as fund radar on turning points. Implemented tail risk hedging strategies (first use of QIS) in 2023.
Previously Head of Global Cross Asset Strategy Bank of America, Head of Macro Strategy and Principal Arrowgrass Capital Partners, Head of Global and European Equity Strategy, Deutsche Bank and co-head of Global Economics and European Economics Deutsche Bank.
In addition he has been Head of Financial Policy at Policy Exchange and Head of Strategy at the British Bankers Association.