‘A Global Economic Update and 2009 Outlook’ with Guest Speaker - Kevin Lecocq, Chief Investment Officer of Barclays Wealth.
Monday 8th December 12:30pm, Mayfair

Barclays Wealth is the wealth management and private banking division of Barclays Bank plc. As of December 2007 it had £142 billion of assets under management and over 400 investment professionals. Kevin is responsible for investment management, fundamental and quantitative research. Most recently Kevin was European Head of Institutional Sales at HSBC and prior to this held a number of senior level roles at US and European investment banks, including European CEO of Gen Re Securities (a unit of Berkshire Hathaway) and trading and marketing positions at Deutsche Bank and Salomon Brothers.  Kevin also served 5 years in the US Marine Corps as an officer in special operations and was decorated for heroism in combat. Kevin is a CFA charter holder and has a master’s degree in Finance from UCLA and a BA (Magna Cum Laude) in Economics from the University of Rochester. He is a board member of the Private Equity Institute at the London Business School.