Nehad Chowdhury

About Nehad Chowdhury

Harvard-trained financial economist, geopolitical analyst, and banker, with a track record of anticipating global macro trends and sovereign crises and successfully advising governments on high-profile capital markets issues. Strategic thinker, and capable of building and leading high-performance teams. Economist and Investment Achievements•Responsible for Citigroup’s global macro, geopolitical, and sovereign risk assessments which influence allocation of sovereign credit portfolio of USD400+B•Led Citigroup to anticipate every sovereign crisis and avoid material sovereign credit losses (2013-present)•Established early warning indicators that enabled Citigroup to effectively respond to the Covid-19 crisis•Produced the macroeconomic forecasts used for Citigroup’s capital planning during the Covid-19 crisis•Advised the IMF\'s management on advanced economy and emerging market sovereign risks during the euro area sovereign debt crisis (2011-13)•Anticipated the euro area sovereign debt crisis years in advance while at Goldman Sachs (2005)Government Advisory Achievements•Advised finance ministries in Europe, Middle East, and Asia on high-profile public finance and capital markets issues•Managed the largest global bond issuance until then by an EM sovereign (Qatar\'s USD 7B issuance in 2009)•Advised the treasury departments of a number of EU sovereigns to avert a sovereign rating downgrade during the Global Financial Crisis (2009-10) and regain access to international debt markets afterwards•Advised a GCC sovereign (20••••06) over a period when its sovereign ratings were upgraded from to AA-•Assisted several Asian sovereigns to repair their credit ratings and restore international debt markets access in the aftermath of Asian Financial Crisis

Experience

1. Global Head of Sovereign Credit Management

   Citi

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Responsible for Citi\'s views of sovereign creditworthiness and for underwriting all of the firm\'s sovereign exposures.

Education

• Harvard Kennedy School

  MPAID, Economics

• Haverford College

  BA, Economics

Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Credit Risk
• Investments
• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Investment Banking
• Macroeconomics
• Emerging Markets
• Portfolio Management
• Fixed Income
• Capital Markets
• Finance
• Asset Management
• Valuation
• Strategy
• Bloomberg
• Derivatives
• Hedge Funds
• Economics
• Analysis
• Credit
• Financial Modeling