GEF Globalization Subforum | Greenwich Economic Forum

GEF SUBFORUM ON GLOBALIZATION TRENDS AND IMPACTS

EVENT SPEAKERS

Joyce Chang

Chair of Global Research
J.P. Morgan

Joyce Chang is Chair of Global Research for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank, a global leader in Banking, Markets and Investor Services. J.P. Morgan’s Global Research professionals study all sectors in which the firm does business, including equities, fixed income, currency and commodities, emerging markets, derivatives and structured finance. The Global Research team has been named the top global research firm for 2021 by Institutional Investor.

Joyce was most recently Global Head of Research, a role she held for more than five years (2014-2019). She was previously Global Head of Fixed Income Research and began her career as an Emerging Markets Strategist. From 1997 through 2012, Joyce held top rankings in Institutional Investor surveys for Emerging Markets research, earning 25 #1 individual rankings. In 2014, she was inducted into the Fixed Income Analyst Society Hall of Fame.

Joyce was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers prior to joining J.P. Morgan Chase in 1999. She serves on the Board of Directors of the German Marshall Fund, Trickle Up and on the external advisory board for the Center of Financial Stability. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Inter-American Dialogue. She is the Senior Sponsor for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank Women on the Move Network, the network for employees of Asian heritage (AsPIRE) and Nonprofit Board Service. She has been named as one of Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance by American Banker (2012 -2020) and was included in Barron’s 2020 and 2021 lists of the 100 Most Influential Women in Finance.

Joyce holds an M.P.A. from Princeton and serves on its External Advisory Council for the Center for Public Policy, and has a B.A. from Columbia from where she was awarded the John Jay award for professional achievement and serves on its Board of Visitors

Steve Englander

Global Head of G10 FX Research and North America Macro Strategy
Standard Chartered

Steve Englander heads Global G10 FX research and North America Macro Strategy, based in New York. His role includes analysis of G10 FX and its interaction with other asset markets. He also provides internal and external clients with strategic insight on US and Canadian asset markets. He joined the Bank in June 2018 from Rafiki Capital Management, and before that was head of G10 FX strategy at Citibank. Previously, he worked at Barclays Capital, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, the OECD and the New York Fed. Steve holds a PhD in economics from Yale University.

Rob Johnson

President
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Rob Johnson is the President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which he co-founded with George Soros, William Janeway, and James Balsillie in 2009. From the outset, the founders envisioned INET as a globally engaged network that could lead the evolution of economic thought toward the interest of people and the planet. For over a decade Johnson has convened global initiatives with the greatest economic minds of our time, including conferences around the world, from Bretton Woods to Hong Kong; the Commission on Global Economic Transformation, in partnership with academics, business leaders, policymakers, and NGOs; the Young Scholars Initiative; new economic thinking curricula and online courses with leading scholars like Michael Sandel and Perry Mehrling; and groundbreaking research projects that challenge economic orthodoxy.

Jacob Manoukian

U.S. Head of Investment Strategy
J.P. Morgan Private Bank & Wealth Management

Jacob Manoukian is the U.S. Head of Investment Strategy for J.P. Morgan Private Bank & Wealth Management. In this role, Jacob, in partnership with asset class specialists and portfolio managers, is responsible for developing and communicating the firm’s economic and market views and investment strategies.

He is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Investment Group and Global Markets Council, and is the lead author of the Top Market Takeaways, a weekly investment newsletter sent to J.P. Morgan’s global client base. Jacob has spent his entire career at J.P. Morgan. Prior to his current role, he was a member of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Investment Strategy Team, where he supported Michael Cembalest, the firm’s Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy.

A native of Nevada, Jacob is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, with a minor in Middle Eastern History. In his free time, he enjoys skiing and fly fishing.

Chris Miller

Eurasia Director
Greenmantle

Chris Miller is Eurasia Director at Greenmantle. He is the author of three books on Russia including Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia (2018). His next book, a geopolitical history of the computer chip will be published in October. It is titled: Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. Chris is regularly quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, is seen on CNBC, and publishes analyses in outlets such as Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. He received his PhD and MA from Yale University and his AB from Harvard University.

Andy Purdy

Chief Security Officer
Huawei Technologies USA

Andy Purdy, Chief Security Officer of Huawei Technologies USA, oversees Huawei USA’s cyber security assurance program. Andy worked at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he was the senior cyber security official of the U.S. Government from 2004-2006. Prior to joining the DHS, Andy was a member of the White House staff where he helped to draft the U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003), after which he went to the DHS where he helped to form and then led the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Immediately prior to joining Huawei, Andy was the Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for Computer Sciences Corporation.

Damian Sassower

Chief EM Fixed Income Strategist
Bloomberg Intelligence

Damian Sassower is the Chief EM Fixed Income Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, the firm’s preeminent research platform, available on the Bloomberg Professional service at BI EMFI. Mr. Sassower specializes in emerging market sovereign and corporate credit, providing context on countries, industries, companies, and government policy. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Sassower was Managing Director at Altree Financial, where he oversaw institutional emerging market credit and equity fund management as a member of the investment committee. Mr. Sassower has over two decades of investment experience having held various buy- and sell-side positions at Citigroup, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Sassower earned his MBA in finance from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and BA in economics from Vanderbilt University.

Glenn Schloss

Vice President of the Public Affairs and Communications
Huawei Technologies USA

Glen Schloss, Vice President of the Public Affairs and Communications Department in the US for Huawei, plays a key role in communication, brand and purpose – connectivity for every person, business and organization – or a better connected world.

Glenn engages with media and other stakeholders, explaining the company’s heritage and vision, as well as its business and technology. He is heavily involved in developing Huawei’s communications strategy in the US as well as execution of programs with influential stakeholders and third parties.

A native of Australia, Glenn spent 24 years living and working in Hong Kong, as well as six years at Huawei HQ in Shenzhen. He spent the first half of his career as an award-winning journalist in Australia and Hong Kong (with South China Morning Post), also covering China-US relations. Glenn is proud of his demonstrated journalistic independence. Glenn now works and lives in New York.

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SUBFORUM AGENDA

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Registration and Networking

2:45 PM – 2:50 PM Host Welcome
Bruce McGuire, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM Sponsor Opening Remarks
Glenn Schloss, VP, Corporate Communications, Huawei Technologies USA

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Debate: Has globalization outlived its usefulness?

Joyce Chang, Chair of Global Research, J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Banking
Steve Englander, Global Head of G10 FX Research and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered
Damian Sassower, Chief EM Fixed Income Strategist, Bloomberg Intelligence
Chair: Jim Aiello, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Panel: Solutions when globalization runs aground

Rob Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking
Chris Miller, Eurasia Director, Greenmantle
Andy Purdy, Chief Security Officer, Huawei Technologies USA
Chair: Jacob Manoukian, U.S. Head of Investment Strategy, J.P. Morgan Private Bank & Wealth Management

5:00 PM – 5:05 PM Closing Remarks
Jim Aiello, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum

5:05 PM – 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception

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