Investing in global markets, primarily individual stocks, corporate and sovereign bonds, I conduct diligent research and identify opportunities with the potential to produce outsized returns, My extensive background in macroeconomic research and strategy informed the following high-return investments:• Utilized top-down macroanalysis to identify countries with improving macro-flows fundamentals• Identified investment opportunities in distressed sovereign and corporate debt• Correctly anticipated and avoided investments in Venezuela and Argentina • Allocation to equities in the small and mid-cap space with companies with strong fundamentals • Allocation to gold miners in the context of global liquidity function shifts in 2016

I co-managed dedicated emerging market fixed income portfolios in mutual funds, separate accounts and CDOs.• Conducted fundamental sovereign credit research covering all EMBI Global Index countries and other exotics• Provided credit recommendations for dedicated and structured products accounts and implemented trades

As Senior Sovereign Analyst/Portfolio Manager, I performed country-specific macroeconomic research and provided investment recommendations for dedicated emerging market investments. Total AUM exceeded $500 million.• Produced high-quality written reports and collaborated with portfolio managers, Director of Research and CIO on producing premium research for investment and marketing purposes• Developed credit and surveillance models and assisted in investment management process for emerging markets sovereign and corporate investments on dedicated, CDOs and total return accounts

• Produced country/regional risk profiles based on close consultations with country economists and senior IMF staff• Developed and maintained the department’s regional macroeconomic and financial surveillance system and produced reports for IMF executive board and press• Coordinated with desk economists and senior staff, contributing to the production of quarterly reviews by IMF’s executive board on assessing countries at risk and for bi-annual forecasts for IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO)• Participated in IMF missions to member countries

• Conducted economic research and provided investment recommendations for an emerging market fixed income portfolio• Prepared reports and presented country-specific research to the fixed income and equity teams