Ben
Blanchard

Economist

Ben Blanchard joined ASR as an economist in September 2016, most recently focusing on European economics. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bath.

Misha
Boskovic

Analyst

David
Bowers

Head of Research

David Bowers is ASR's Head of Research. Previously, he was chief global investment strategist for Merrill Lynch, where he worked for eleven years -including three years in New York. He ran the Global Fund Managers' Survey - a powerful tool for understanding how investors view the world.

Charles Cara

Head of Quant Strategy

Charles Cara has been a European Strategist at Merrill Lynch and has worked in the research departments at Dresdner Kleinwort and Morgan Stanley.

Stefano
Di Domizio

Head of Fixed Income Strategy

Stefano Di Domizio leads for ASR on Fixed Income Strategy. He has over 15 years’ experience as an economist and strategist, having worked at JPMorgan, Intesa-SanPaolo Bank and Lombard Street Research.

Ian
Harnett

Chief Investment Strategist

Ian Harnett is ASR's Chief Investment Strategist and focuses on Global Economics and Strategy. Ian has over 25 years of experience in economics and equity strategy, previously as Chief European Investment Strategist at UBS (where he was #1 Extel ranked for European Strategy).

Michael
Hessel

Head of Thematics

Michael Hessel has been with ASR since September 2011, focusing on political economy and political risk in Europe, as well as thematic research. Prior to joining, Michael read Politics & Philosophy at Edinburgh University.

Richard
Mylles

Macro ESG Strategist

Richard Mylles joined ASR from the BBC’s Political Research Unit, working on Hardtalk, The Andrew Marr Show and also Sky Sunrise. Richard holds a degree in PPE from Warwick and an MA from City University, London.

Michael
Penn

Head of Macro ESG

Michael Penn is Head of Macro ESG, advising investors on how to integrate ESG factors into the drivers of views on macroeconomics, strategy and asset allocation.
Prior to joining ASR he was Chief Economist and Strategist at Cohen & Steers in New York, and previously spent eight years as an economist and strategist at Merrill Lynch in New York and London.

Chris
Turner

Head of Multi Asset Strategy

Chris Turner heads up Multi Asset Strategy at ASR.  He was Head of Strategy at Lombard Street Research, and previously managed global equity and tactical asset allocation portfolios at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. 

Zahra
Ward-Murphy

Asset Allocation Strategist

Zahra covers alternative and real assets. Before joining ASR, Zahra worked as a global economist at Dresdner Kleinwort, and as an FX analyst at both Dresdner Kleinwort and BNP Paribas. She is a CFA charterholder.

Dominic White

Chief Economist

​Dominic White has 15 years’ experience, working first at the UK Treasury and latterly on the number-one ranked European economics team at ABN Amro covering the UK and eurozone economies. 

Adam
Wolfe

Emerging Market Economist

Adam Wolfe joined ASR from MRB where he was drove the firm’s view on the Chinese economy and policy, and was responsible for helping determine MRB’s Asia Ex-Japan view. Prior to this, he was Director of Emerging Asia for Roubini Global Economics.

Carly
Beattie

Specialist Sales

Carly Beattie started her career at Dresdner Kleinwort, spending 6 years on the highly ranked European Equity Sales desk, before moving to Evolution Securities as a Director in Equity Sales.

Verity
Hunt

Global Head of Sales

Verity Hunt is the Head of Sales for ASR and has been rated in the top 3 of the Macro Specialist Sales category (often in the #1 position) by Extel in the Global and European Economic and Strategy categories every year since 2003.

Beth
McCann

Specialist Sales

Beth McCann joined ASR in February 2010 and was previously a member of the European equities sales team at Nat West Markets.

Specialist Sales

James
Warden

Specialist Sales

James Warden joined ASR from CFRA, where he spent over 3.5 years on the Institutional Sales Team across EMEA. James has nine years of experience in the independent research space, primarily across equities and macro strategy in both Hong Kong and London.

Rob DeLuca

Specialist Sales

Rob DeLuca joined ASR after 5 1/2 years at Eurasia Group. He has over 20 years of experience Trading FX, Fixed income, and Macro at several Banks and Hedge Funds. Rob also spent six years as a Managing Director at Medley Global Advisors, where he was a macro strategist responsible for providing monetary, political, and strategic insights to hedge funds and institutional investment clients. 

Jeffrey
Marine

Managing Director, ASRS

Jeff Marine is responsible for developing and managing ASR’s institutional investor client business in North America. He previously worked for Merrill Lynch, Nomura and HSBC in Multi-Asset/Equity Sales and Corporate Finance in New York and London. 

Simon
Calder

Specialist Sales

Simon Calder has extensive experience in economic forecasting and research, investment strategy, and public policy analysis. Prior to joining ASR, Simon held roles with major global asset consultant Mercer, National Australia Bank, Australian stockbroker JB Were & Son and the Australian Treasury. Simon has qualifications in economics from Monash University and the University of New England. 

Luke
MacRedmond

Head of AU Sales

Luke MacRedmond is head of ASR’s Australasian business. His prior experience includes portfolio management roles in London and Dublin and senior executive positions for HSBC Asset Management and Challenger Financial Services in Australia. 

Peter
Holmes

Chief Operating Officer

Peter has over 30 years’ experience working in financial services in senior operational and technical roles. Most recently he was COO of HSBC’s Global Research division. Prior to that, he was CTO for Global Equity Advisory at UBS.

Amy
Fox

Operations Administrator

Amy specialises in office and financial administration and has previously worked in a variety of industries in both Glasgow and London. Amy graduated with an MA in Literary Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Tom
Malone

Head of IT & Infrastructure

Tom joined ASR after five years at Merrill Lynch working in both Equity and Fixed Income research, and latterly, on ML's proprietary equity analytics database. He now manages ASR's technical, infrastructure and business operations.

Kate
Mankelow

EA & Office Manager

Kate is Executive Assistant to David Bowers, Ian Harnett & Verity Hunt. Kate has extensive Executive PA experience, working in a variety of industries - most recently for Ogilvy and Mather in both London and Paris.