• Evaluating investment opportunities from a global macro perspective. Generated investment ideas ranging from macro investments to individual stocks, developed through a fundamental top-down approach. • Meetings with companies’ management, industry consultants, strategists, economists, hedge fund managers and other analysts for research purposes.

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Archangel Global a start-up US focused Long/Short - Liquid Private Equity Hedge Fund.• Evaluated long/short equity opportunities within a global macro framework and generate investment ideas.• Met with companies’ management, industry consultants, strategists, economists, hedge fund managers and other analysts for research purposes.

• Responsible for conducting due diligence and making recommendations on current and potential private equity and public investments. • Responsible for the current asset allocation of the family’s portfolio.

• Evaluated opportunities within a global macro framework. Investment ideas ranged from macro trades to individual stocks; developed through a fundamental top-down approach.• Responsible for execution approval of all trades in the portfolio. • Met with companies’ management, industry consultants, strategists, economists, hedge fund managers and analysts.• Conducted investment research in the following areas: Developed & Emerging Markets equities and fixed income as well as commodities and currencies.

Protégé Direct Master Fund is a $250MM Global Macro Hedge Fund managed by Scott Bessent within Protégé Partners. Protégé Partners is a $3.0B fund of hedge funds.• Evaluated investment opportunities from a global macro perspective and presented findings/ideas to the PM’s. Investment ideas ranged from macro investments to individual stocks and developed through a fundamental top-down approach. • Responsible for advising team on key geo-political and financial market developments and evaluating the implications on our strategies and portfolio.• Oversaw two junior analysts on investment research projects.• Met with companies’ management, industry consultants, strategists, economists, hedge fund managers and other analysts as well as travelled domestically and internationally for conferences and for research purposes.• Conducted investment research in the following areas: Developed & Emerging Markets equities and fixed income as well as commodities and currencies.• Responsible for the execution of all trades and hedging for Protégé Direct Master Fund as well as for Protégé Partners. • Responsible for managing relationships with executing brokers, research firms and prime brokers as well as risk, commission and portfolio position reports.

Conducted all primary research for following two courses • 20th Century Financial Booms & Busts• The History of Hedge Funds.

Corus Capital Management was a $250MM Asia focused Global Macro Hedge Fund. · Responsible for formulating an investment strategy using equities as the investment vehicle as well as developing the macro themes for the equity team and the fund. · Responsible for hiring and managing a team of three equity analysts in New York and Sydney. · Responsible for analyzing research reports and findings generated by the analysts. · Evaluated investment opportunities from a global macro perspective and presented findings/ ideas to the PM on a regular basis. Investment options ranged from macro investments to individual stocks and were primarily developed through a fundamental top-down approach. · Responsible for advising fund members on key geo-political and financial market developments and evaluating the implications on our market strategies/biases and on our current positions/portfolio. · Met with companies' management, industry consultants, strategists, economists and worked closely with buy and sell side analysts as well as travelled domestically and internationally for conferences and for research purposes. · Responsible for daily calls with the New York office to discuss market developments and implications for the current equity positions. · Managed a weekly equity meeting within the firm to discuss investment ideas and to ensure the analysts were managing their time wisely in the research process.

Bessent Capital was a $200MM Global Macro Hedge Fund managed by Scott Bessent. · Evaluated investment opportunities from a global macro perspective and presented findings/ ideas to the PM on a regular basis. Investment options ranged from macro investments to individual stocks and were primarily developed through a fundamental top-down approach. · Worked closely with the Trader, Technical Analyst and PM to find world-wide investment opportunities. · Conducted investment research in the following areas: US, EU, Asia, Emerging Markets as well as equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. · Responsible for advising fund members on key geo-political and financial market developments and evaluating the implications on our market strategies/biases and on our current positions/portfolio. · Responsible for performing statistical research, valuations and analyzing financial statements. · Met with companies' management, industry consultants, strategists, economists, and worked closely with buy and sell side analysts as well as travelled domestically and internationally for conferences and for research purposes.