Speakers
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John Seo Co-Founder and Managing Director - Fermat Capital Management
Dr John Seo is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Fermat Capital Management, LLC. John has over 30 years of fixed income, FX options, and interest-rate-derivatives structuring and trading experience. Prior to forming Fermat Capital with his brother Nelson in 2001, John was head insurance-risk trader at Lehman Brothers, an officer of Lehman Re Limited, and a state-appointed advisor to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. John's work in catastrophe bonds was featured in Michael Lewis's cover article for the New York Times Magazine "In Nature's Casino" (26 Aug 2007). John has testified as an expert witness on alternative risk-transfer markets before the U.S. Congress and, in 2015 and 2019, was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms (ACRSM) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. John received a PhD in biophysics from Harvard University (1991) and a BS in physics from M.I.T. (1988). He is based in Connecticut.
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David Dowsett Global Head of Investments - GAMDavid Dowsett, Global Head of Investments, is responsible for leading all GAM’s investment teams. Prior to joining GAM in April 2022, David worked at BlueBay Asset Management for 18 years. His roles included co-CIO of the firm, Partner of the firm, a member of the Management Committee and chair of the Macro Group. His initial responsibility was to build the firm’s emerging market debt long only strategy. Prior to this he worked at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management where he was a Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income and a Director of Morgan Grenfell Investment Services. In total David has close to 30 years’ investment experience. David holds a BA (Hons) in Politics and Economics from Durham University. He is based in London.
