Chris Weafer has worked in Russia for more than fifteen years. Most recently he was voted the best Russia investment strategist for 2013 by investors in separate polls carried out by Thomson Reuters Extel and Institutional Investor magazine.* He has regularly placed in the top three of these respective polls over the past ten years.
Before leaving to co-found Macro Advisory, Chris held the position of Chief Strategist at Sberbank-CIB, Russia’s largest bank and one of the biggest banks in Europe. Prior to that he served for four years as Chief Strategist with Uralsib Financial Corporation and for five years with Alfa Bank, two of Russia’s largest privately owned financial groups. His first role in Russia was as Head of Research with Troika Dialog, a privately owned investment bank, from June 1998. He held that position for over four years.
Prior to coming to Russia Chris worked as Head of Research for NatWest Markets in Bangkok, Thailand, during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/’98. Before that he was Senior Investment Manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, based in Abu Dhabi City. Chris started his investment career with the Irish Life Assurance Company in Dublin, Ireland, and has accumulated over thirty three years experience in emerging markets.
Chris is the author of a wide variety of published articles articles about Russia, Central Asia and the trend in macro oil. He is also widely quoted in the international financial press and appears regularly on CNN International, BBC, and Russia Today on these and related subjects.
