Agnès Belaisch

Managing Director and Chief European Strategist

Barings, United Kingdom

Agnès Belaisch is a Managing Director and Chief European Strategist of the Barings Investment Institute. The Institute explores current macroeconomic and political dynamics, as well as the forces that shape long-term investment and capital decisions. She spent 10 years at the IMF in Washington, DC, advising governments in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Agnès also worked as a sovereign EM fund manager and strategist in London. When the European debt crisis hit, she helped set up the European Stability Mechanism, where she headed the macro and market analysis team. She has also been a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, working on impact investing. Agnès has a Ph.D. in Economics from NYU.