Arend Kapteyn

Dr. Arend Kapteyn is a Global Head of Economics & Strategy Research at UBS AG (London Branch).
He joined UBS in August 2016 from Brevan Howard Asset Management where he was head of Emerging Market research & strategy (2010-2016).
Prior to that (2006-2010) he ran macro research and FX strategy for the EMEA region at Deutsche Bank.
He also spent 8 years (1998-2006) at the International Monetary Fund, where he was a senior economist working on many of the Fund's high profile programs and specializing in crisis resolution issues.
He started his career at the Dutch Central Bank, where he worked as an economist in the Monetary and Economic Policy Department, and in the late 1990s was a member of the G22 Secretariat, a precursor to the current G20.
Dr. Kapteyn holds degrees in Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and business degree from the Netherlands School of Business.