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Russell Jones Illustrator, Editor & Author

Russell Jones has 27 years of experience working as a macroeconomist in the financial markets, during which time he has occupied senior roles in London, Tokyo, the Middle East, and Sydney, and worked on both the "sell" and "buy" sides of the business. He spent a decade at Lehman Brothers, where he was Chief Economist for Asia and Head of Foreign Exchange Research, and for a period was also Chief Economist for the Treasury Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Most recently, he has been Global Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Westpac Institutional Bank, where his team was ranked number one in the analysis of the Australian and New Zealand debt markets. Russell has BSc and MSc degrees in Economics and Economic History from the University of Bristol in the UK.