Gina Sanchez is the Founder and Chairwoman of Chantico Global, a global asset management and economic consultancy, and Chief Market Strategist for Lido Institutional, a partnership between Chantico Global and Lido Advisors. Gina is a thought leader on the intersection of macroeconomic thought and long-term investing. She researches all areas of the globe, from Latin America to Africa and the Middle East, looking at investment opportunities, future market trends, and general economic conditions. Her work has also centered on market rotation and asset pricing dynamics across changing economic policy and market sentiment regimes. Alongside her role advising clients around the world, Gina is also a regular contributor and guest host on CNBC interviewing global business figures and commentating on the economy.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Founder and CEO, Chantico Global
Founder and CEO, Chantico Technology
Chief Market Strategist, Lido Institutional
Trustee and Chairwoman, LACERA
Board of Directors, Cedars Sinai Hospital
Advisory Board Member, UCLA Masters of Financial Engineering Program
Investor Advisory Group, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Over the past two decades, Gina has been a regular guest on CNBC covering the Fed, OPEC, corporate earnings announcements and general market trends.
She has appeared on Squawk Box Europe and Squawk Box Asia, The Exchange, Worldwide Exchange, Squawk Box Asia and Business Arabia.
She has also appeared as a guest on Street Signs, Street Signs Europe, Closing Bell and Street Signs Asia.
EARLY CAREER
Gina served as Director of Equity and Asset Allocation for Roubini Global Economics, advising their clients worldwide on investments and assets.
She was Co-Lead Portfolio Manager for American Century’s Strategic Asset Allocation family of funds, where she was American Century’s youngest ever Portfolio Manager managing over $6.5 billion in assets under management.
Gina also served as Managing Director of Public Investments at the California Endowment, a $3 billion LA-based foundation, and worked as Director of Public Investments at the $10billion Ford Foundation.
She has also introduced innovative methods for evaluating manager strategies and detecting regime biases for total return, absolute return and illiquid strategies.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Gina is frequently quoted in the media and was a recipient of Institutional Investor’s 2009 Foundations and Endowments Rising Stars Award.
She also writes, hosts and produces Real Life Economics, a podcast on the intersection between economic theory and real life.