Program Details

Guest Speaker: Jeffrey R. Currie, Global Head of Commodities Research, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Time: 12 - 2:00pm
Location: Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th Street; (Between Madison and 5th Avenue)
Fee: $75 for members; $115 for Guests

Jeffrey R. Currie is the global head of Commodities Research in Goldman Sachs' Global Investment Research (GIR) Division. He is responsible for conducting research on commodity market dynamics in the context of corporate risk management programs, short and long-term commodity investment strategies and asset allocation. Jeff is also a member of the GIR Client and Business Standards Committee, the Growth Markets Executive Committee and the Macro Executive Committee.

Previously, Jeff was the European co-head of Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research from 2010 to 2012 and based in London, where he resided since 2003. Over the years, the commodities research team has consistently been ranked number one under Jeff’s direction and in 2011 he was named the CNBC Analyst of the Year by City A.M. Jeff joined Goldman Sachs in 1996 and was named managing director in 2002 and partner in 2008.

Prior to joining the firm, Jeff taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in microeconomics and econometrics at The University of Chicago and served as the associate editor of Resource and Energy Economics. Jeff also worked as a consulting economist, specializing in energy and other microeconomic issues, at Ernst and Young, LLP and Economic Insight, Inc. In addition, he has advised numerous government agencies in the United States, European Union and Russia. Jeff earned a PhD in Economics from The University of Chicago in 1996.