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London, England, United Kingdom

Extending Fortune’s existing lists to Europe and developing new lists to serve and develop a European/Global audience

London, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 15-20 analysts and grads, ensuring high-quality research of equity, fixed income and alternatives vehicles (active and passive), for use in client portfolios. Turned around the team’s research performance and halted the talent drain. Streamlined processes, focusing on governance and risk management. Introduced ESG research. Introduced new.

London, United Kingdom

Created thought leadership content that directly led to AUM growth, was shortlisted for awards, and received strong unprompted feedback from client-facing teams. Led the European editorial team of five writers responsible for investment communications to clients across market segments and countries. Drove investment communications transcending the noise in.

Defined and implemented global communications strategies successfully for two business lines across a range of internal and external communication channels, pro-actively supporting the management of the brand in the media and building strong brand recognition, working directly on executive committees. Managed all global award submissions on behalf of HSBC.

Drafted coverage of European economic news published immediately to the MarketNews newswire, producing articles based on embargoed economic information under great time pressure (10-50 minutes). Wrote regular predictive columns for MarketNews which often featured in other media and reported on central bank events, economic speeches and similar events.

Conducted a comprehensive study on the global tea industry for the Fairtrade Foundation, produced in-depth economic reports on Latin America published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, including analyses on the role of remittance flows and of the informal sector in overall economic growth, and delivered regular ‘country reports’ and ‘country forecasts’.

Produced and presented research papers that facilitated asset allocation decisions (e.g. on the sustainability of debt levels, statistical reliability of sovereign credit ratings, sensitivity of emerging economies to global capital flows, risks and effects of financial contagion), improved economic forecasts through econometric simulations and new risk.

Sole responsibility for all research on emerging markets in support of London Trading, Sales and Capital Markets departments, concentrating on financial markets’ performance, structural and financial reforms, issues of financial stability and the role of the IMF, providing analysis of country and market events in daily morning calls as well as regular.

Set up a new research service on the main Eastern European markets, including regular publications about the direction of economic and market developments, and developed and presented new research products on securities, derivatives and currencies for corporate clients and new methods of internal communication, such as the daily morning call.

Ma, Ba, Economics, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Erasmus scholar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, member of Sportraad

Ma, International Relations

Speciaal Baccalaureaat, Philosophy, Cum Laude

Gymnasium Alpha