Biography
Main responsibilities
Michael is responsible for formulating our macro ‘House View’ and the risks to that view, as well as overseeing investment strategy for the multi-asset and macro funds. Since joining Aviva Investors as Senior Economist and Strategist, Michael has been responsible for monitoring and analysing global macroeconomic, market and policy developments.
Experience and qualifications
Before joining Aviva Investors, Michael was senior economist at COMAC Capital Llp, a global macro hedge fund, where he was responsible for the economic and market analysis used to inform the investment process. Prior to this, he spent a decade at the Bank of England in a variety of senior roles, latterly as a Senior Manager in the Markets Directorate. He began his career at the Australian Treasury.
Michael holds a BEc (Hons) from Macquarie University, Australia.
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