Keith Savard
Chief Research Officer
ksavard@levatuswealth.com | 617. 505. 4715
Keith has more than 40 years of economic/finance research and investment experience in the United States and overseas. He has worked as a staff member at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and as an international economist at the U.S. Department of State. His private sector experience has included senior management positions in think tanks, asset management firms and Chief Economist and Chief Cross-Border Risk Officer of an investment bank while living in London. Keith is currently a non-resident fellow at the Milken Institute and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
A solid background in macroeconomic analysis and financial regulatory and monetary policy issues, combined with sovereign and credit risk skills, has enabled Keith to offer investors actionable top-down investment strategies and expertise facilitating a broad-range of asset allocation decisions. His deep knowledge and understanding of emerging markets, gained through extensive travel and meetings with cabinet-level officials, company CEOs and local investors, affords opportunities to invest confidently beyond the United States.
In addition to his work in emerging markets, Keith has been actively involved in promoting the benefits of ESG for more than 15 years. He has authored numerous studies of international corporate governance practices. Prior to the global financial crisis, Keith managed a task force of distinguished global investors which produced a code of best practices for corporate governance that was well received and acted upon by securities and financial officials in major emerging market countries.
Little thing that makes him laugh:
"Crazy YouTube stunts...the things people try are unbelievable."