Erik joined L&G in 2014 as a Global Emerging Market Economist with the responsibility to analyse and identify investment opportunities. Erik joined L&G from Autonomy Capital, a global macro hedge fund, where he held the title of Senior Economist. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a sell side economist for RBS, based in Hong Kong, and 10 years for the IMF, based in Washington. Erik graduated from the University of Freiburg and holds a PhD in Economics.