Piera Elisa Grassi, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group, based in London. She is the lead of the Global Research Enhanced Index (REI) Portfolio Management Team. An employee since 2004, Piera Elisa was previously a quantitative analyst and portfolio manager for global strategies. Prior to joining, Piera Elisa was a quantitative analyst and risk analyst at Foreign and Colonial Asset Management. Before this, she worked for BARRA in London, focusing on equity risk management and portfolio construction. Piera Elisa obtained a MA (equivalent) in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.