Emerging Markets

Alper Gocer joined Pictet Asset Management in 2016 and is Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income, as well as head of Sovereign strategies. Prior to joining the team in 2018, he was a Senior Investment Manager in the Total Return Emerging Markets team.Before joining Pictet, Alper was a Portfolio Manager at London Diversified Fund Management within the Global Macro Fund. Prior to LDFM, Alper was a Portfolio Manager at North Asset Management focused on Global Macro trading mainly in Emerging Markets. He began his career as a Quantitative Analyst at Citigroup.Alper has a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and a BSc. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University.

Guido Chamorro joined Pictet Asset Management in 2005 and is a Senior Investment Manager for global emerging marked debt portfolios. Prior to assuming his current role, Guido was a Credit Analyst in the Fixed Income Credit Research team and was appointed as Investment Manager for Emerging Debt, specialising in EM corporates, in 2007. Before joining Pictet, he worked for Fitch Inc. in Chicago as a director of their Latin American Corporate Finance Group and Duff & Phelps Credit Rating as an analyst thereby gaining seven years' experience in corporate credit research. Guido graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.

Adriana Cristea joined Pictet Asset Management in 2018 and is a Senior Investment Manager for global emerging market debt portfolios. Before taking up her current position in 2020, Adriana was a Macro Strategist in the team.
Prior to joining Pictet, Adriana spent six years at DG Partners, a global macro Hedge fund, as a Senior Global Macro Research Analyst and Strategist focusing on Emerging Markets Forex, Rates and Credit strategies.
Adriana holds a BSc in Financial Management from the University of Essex and a MSc in Finance from the University of Warwick. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

Robert Simpson joined Pictet Asset Management in 2019 and is Head of Investment Strategy & Solutions for our Emerging Market Fixed Income team. Prior to his current role, Robert was a Senior Investment Manager focusing on hard currency and blended strategies. Before joining Pictet, Robert spent 13 years at Insight Investment where he was a Portfolio Manager focusing on hard and local currency emerging market debt portfolios. He holds a BSc in Pharmacology, attained a PG Diploma in Economics in 2004 and later earned an MSc in Finance and Economics in 2005, all from the University of Manchester. Robert is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Christopher Preece joined Pictet Asset Management in 2015 and is an Investment Manager for global emerging market debt portfolios. Before taking up his current role, he was the team’s Macro Strategist, having originally joined the team as a Portfolio Analyst. Prior to joining Pictet, Chris worked for BlueCrest Capital Management in London as a specialist in the middle office focusing on derivatives, structured products, fixed income and FX. He began his career at Morgan Stanley within their multi-asset prime brokerage area. He graduated with a BSc in Banking, Finance and Management from Loughborough University.

Kate Griffiths joined Pictet Asset Management in May 2017 and is a Senior Client Portfolio Manager in the Emerging Market Debt team. Prior to assuming her current position, Kate was a Senior Client Relationship Manager for Pictet, working with key institutional clients for the firm.
Prior to joining Pictet, Kate spent five years at J.P.Morgan Asset Management as a Client Account Manager, managing relationships with  European institutional clients. 
Kate graduated in 2012 from the University of Exeter with a BA in Business Economics. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charterholder.