Adam Choppin

Manager Research – International Equities at Xponance

Adam Choppin is a global equity analyst at Xponance, a $5bn Philadelphia-based manager-of-managers specializing in emerging and entrepreneurial managers. Xponance serves its primarily institutional clientele by capturing the alpha of undiscovered managers through cost-efficient solutions. Mr. Choppin joined Xponance in May 2013 where he is the primary analyst for emerging and frontier markets strategies on both the manager research and investment strategy teams.

From 2008-2013, Mr. Choppin founded and ran a boutique investment advisory firm which advised on private investments in South America, Africa, and the Middle East.  Previously, Mr. Choppin worked for several U.S. Government agencies including as a trade and economic affairs liaison in Iraq, Afghanistan, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Mozambique. Most notably, in 2008 he organized the first official U.S. Government trade mission to Iraq in over 25 years.

Mr. Choppin earned his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC); his M.A. in International Economics and Business from Yale University; and a post-graduate Diploma in Finance from the London School of Economics.  While a student at USC, Mr. Choppin also read in Latin American economics and politics at the Universidade de São Paulo. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish and is a CFA Level II candidate.