Jason Cummins joined Brevan Howard in 2004 and is the Head of Research and Chief US Economist. In his role, he develops the firm’s outlook for the economy, politics and markets, advises the traders on portfolio management and manages the global research team.

Jason is also a member of the US Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a government appointed panel of external experts that has served the country for almost half a century. Formerly, Jason was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board, where he ran the Macro Forecasting team. Jason began his career in 1995 as an Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University and also taught at Harvard University. Jason earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University and graduated with high honours from Swarthmore College.