Conduct research on current and potential portfolio companies and investment themes for a $30 billion-plus -- as of December 2021 -- asset-management company, reporting directly to portfolio manager. Focus predominantly on U.S. equities market and emerging markets, particularly Asia and Latin America.-- Specialize in on-the-ground research in countries, including India, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, the UK and Europe. -- Cultivate strong local sources, including executives and managers at privately held companies, economists and government and central bank officials, to flush out macro economic trends and sectors and businesses Vontobel should potentially be investing in or avoiding.--- Contact former employees, suppliers, competitors and other sources for qualitative information to analyze companies more thoroughly.-- File frequent reports with portfolio manager to update in real time on findings.

Use investigative and financial reporting skills to delve into potential financial transactions for business intelligence units of major US and UK investigative firms. Also do deal due diligence for boutique investment research firms hired by private equity shops, hedge funds and institutional investors. Work includes executive and business background checks and accounting, financial statement and market analysis. Specialize in discreet research where clients can't be named and deadlines are tight.

Produced high-impact, award winning investigative pieces involving consumer finance and health care issues. Demonstrated strength in uncovering corporate accounting gimmicks and fraud.Awards:• 2010 National Press Club Award for series “Policing the Bailout," including story, "The Home Wreckers."• 2009 Folio Magazine Gold Award (for editorial excellence – single article) “The Subprime Wolves are Back.” • 2009 Society of American Business Editors and Writers award : Best enterprise story in magazine category. “They Warned Us”• 2009 New York Press Club Awards: Feature Writing. “The Subprime Wolves are Back.”• 2009 Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards: Finalist in magazine category. “The Subprime Wolves are Back.”• 2008 Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism. First Place. “Prisoners of Debt” series.• 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Awards: Magazine Investigative Category. “Poverty Series.”• 2008 New York Press Club Awards; “Prisoners of debt” series.• 2008 National Magazine Awards: Finalist in Public Interest Category. “The Poverty Business.”• 2008 Gerald Loeb Awards Finalist: Magazine category. “The Poverty Business.”• 2008 National Association of Consumer Advocates Print Media Award. “Banks vs. Consumers.”• 2008 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. “The Poverty Business.”• 2007 Awards for Health Excellence in Health Care Journalism: First Place. “Fresh Pain for The Uninsured.” • 2005 Gerald Loeb Awards Finalist: Magazine category. “The Next Warren Buffett?”• 2005 World Leadership Forum (London) Business Journalist of the Year Awards: Finalist Best Story on Fast Moving Consumer Goods. "The Next Warren Buffet?"• 2004 World Leadership Forum Business Journalist of the Year Awards: Finalist Best Story on Fast Moving Consumer Goods. “The P&G Revolution.”• 2003 Medill School of Journalism/Strong Financial Corp. Financial Writers and Editors Awards: Best Profile. “The P&G Revolution.”

Coauthored the investigative series on drugstore chain Rite Aid that uncovered the largest financial fraud before Worldcom and helped land its top executives in jail.