Thanos Papasavvas, CFA

Founder & CIO ABP Invest / Investec Asset Management and Credit Suisse Asset Management

Thanos is Founder & CIO of ABP Invest which he founded in 2015 after 20 years in asset management. His career with Credit Suisse Asset Management and Investec Asset Management spanned across fixed income, emerging markets, currency management and multi-asset. Thanos started as a Portfolio Manager responsible for global fixed income and total return portfolios before becoming Head of Currency Management. He managed portfolios for a number of FTSE, Dow and DAX pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, local authorities and family offices. Thanos was presented with the “Currency Manager of the Year" award, twice in 2004 and 2010. He later became a Strategist, bridging the investment and business development teams to help raise the firm’s profile and AUM globally. He began his career working as an Economist for the UK Government Economic Service coincidentally amidst the outset of the ERM Crisis of 1992. Thanos was also the Co-Founder and CIO of Equant-Analytics, a FinTech and advisory business combining big macroeconomic data, market intelligence, trade and trade finance, as well as a Founding Partner and strategic advisor to EMFC Loans Syndication, a financial boutique assisting companies seeking to raise bank debt. Thanos has been awarded the CFA Charterholder designation and is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He holds an MSc Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London. Born in Athens, he has been living in London for over 30 years.