About the analysts
Ajay Rajadhyaksha is a Managing Director and Head of Macro Research at Barclays, based in New York. He oversees the global research and strategy efforts of the economics, rates, FX, commodities, emerging markets, securitised, and asset allocation teams. Since joining Barclays in 2005, Mr. Rajadhyaksha has held various positions, including Co-Head of FICC Research and before that, Head of US Fixed Income Research and US and European Securitised Research.
Previously, he worked at Bear Stearns, where he started in Mortgage Strategy before moving to the Interest Rate Derivatives Strategy team. Mr. Rajadhyaksha received a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and a master’s degree in International Management from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona.
Aroop Chatterjee is a Director and Head of FX and EM Macro Strategy, Americas and is based in New York. At Barclays since 2007, his previous roles include Head of European and LatAm Local Markets Strategy and Head of FX Quantitative Strategy. Mr. Chatterjee’s research focuses on top-down macro and quantitative strategy and their application to FX and EM rates markets. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science & Engineering and Economics from Northwestern University.