Roger Hallam, managing director, is the Currency Chief Investment Officer of the Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC) group. In this role, he is responsible for oversight of the group's active currency and currency risk management strategies and serves as Chair of the Currency Investment Policy Committee (CIPC). Prior to this role, he was a portfolio manager and interest rate strategist on the Global Rates team. An employee since 2000, Roger previously served as lead interest strategist in peripheral $ bloc markets and has also held fixed income roles in both the middle office and client teams. Roger obtained a B.Sc. in Virology from the University of Warwick and is a CFA charterholder.