I am Global Head of Systematic Strategies at Morningstar Investment Management LLC, overseeing global systematic business and capability to research, develop and manage quantitative investment strategies. I am responsible for growing and leading global team of quantitative researchers, developers and portfolio managers, as well as building data, research and trading infrastructures. I serve as senior member of the Quantitative Strategies Investment Committee. 

Previously, I was senior quantitative researcher at PIMCO, focusing on research and development of predictive methods, valuation models, and quantitative strategies across global multi-asset markets. I was responsible for developing and overseeing PIMCO's investment decision science research agenda including the firmwide analysis of portfolio managers’ trading and forecasting behaviors for alpha capture. I oversaw research for PIMCO's partnership with the Center of Decision Research at The University of Chicago, and served as senior research advisor on multiple committees. I also regularly served as expert reviewer for leading peer-reviewed journals, international research grant authorities, and finance conferences.

Prior to joining PIMCO, I was a finance professor at The Wharton School and London Business School, with research interests in asset pricing, investment, macro-finance, and applied econometrics. My research has been presented at over 130 conferences, seminars and finance events worldwide, and has been recognized with numerous research grants and awards, including the Crowell Memorial Third Prize for the study on the impact of fiscal policies and political cycles on stock returns. My studies on the relationship between investment and returns have been awarded twice the Lehman Brothers Fellowship for Research Excellence in Finance Finalist Prize. My work has appeared in leading academic journals, such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and edited books, such as the Handbook of the Equity Risk Premium, and has been featured in various media outlets including Financial Times and Forbes. 

My teaching experience includes multiple courses in the Undergraduate Program, MBA Program, Executive MBA Program, Executive Education Program, and Doctoral Program, at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, London Business School and The Wharton School. Early in my career, I was a consultant at Bain & Company and I worked in the Financial Institution Group at Credit Suisse. I graduated summa cum laude and double honors in financial economics from Bocconi University, and I hold an MBA and a PhD in finance from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.