John H. Porter to take on new strategic advisor role at R.J. O’Brien
Mr Porter has decades of experience in roles including Chief Investment Officer, Chief Economist and Global Head of Fixed Income at major organizations ranging from the World Bank, to hedge funds, to Barclays and AXA.
Chicago-based futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO) has tapped John H. Porter to take on a new strategic advisor role. Mr Porter will be the lead macro-economic speaker at RJO conferences worldwide, he will share his analysis of market and geopolitical conditions with the firm’s global client base, and will serve on the firm’s Investment Committee.
Mr Porter has decades of experience in roles including Chief Investment Officer, Chief Economist and Global Head of Fixed Income at major organizations ranging from the World Bank, to hedge funds, to Barclays and AXA.
From 2013 to 2018, he was Global Head of Fixed Income and Structured Finance at AXA Investment Managers in London, managing more than $500 billion in assets, leading a campaign to increase the firm’s presence in Asia and developing its expertise in emerging markets. He served on the firm’s Management Board and Executive Committee as well as the AXA Group Investment Committee.
Previously, Mr Porter spent 15 years at Barclays Capital in London, serving as Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio and Liquidity Management and for two years as Global Head of Economic Research. Prior to joining Barclays, he was Chief Economist and Principal of Summit Capital Advisors in Summit, New Jersey, where he performed all macro-economic analysis and developed specific investment strategies in North America, Europe and Japan for a fixed income and currency-based hedge fund. Before Summit, he was Director and Principal of the Paris subsidiary of Moore Capital Management.
For 10 years, Mr Porter served in senior roles at the World Bank in Washington, including Senior Economist from 1983 to 1988 and Chief Investment Officer from 1988 to 1993.
Mr Porter’s extensive educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Social Relations, Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard College. He earned a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Summa Cum Laude from the Sorbonne at the University of Paris following graduate studies at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He then earned a Master of Arts Degree in International Economics from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Mr Porter is a member of the UK Society of Investment Analysts.
