Théodore Economou

Board Member at Methak Holding

Speaker

Théodore has three decades of experience in both asset management and as an asset owner in Europe and the United States. He serves as an advisor to institutional investors worldwide, including the $100 billion Virginia Retirement System (Virginia, USA) and as a board member of Eurobank Private Bank (Luxembourg), and Methak Holdings (Jeddah).

He served as CIO at Lombard Odier Investment Managers (Switzerland), overseeing 6 billion CHF in multi-asset strategies. Prior to that he was CEO and CIO of the CERN Pension Fund where he initiated a risk-based approach that became known as the CERN model. Earlier, he managed capital markets activities and investments for ITT Corporation in New York (USA).

He has received HFR's award for "Outstanding contribution to the alternative investment industry by an institutional investor".