Dariusz Kowalczyk is BBVA’s Asian cross-asset Strategist. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsable for the firm’s views on Asian currencies, rates, sovereign and credit bonds, CDS markets, equities, flow derivatives, and ESG / carbon markets. Before joining BBVA, Dariusz was Senior Strategist with Pharo Management, an emerging markets macro hedge fund, Head of Research & Strategy for Asia ex. Japan at Credit Agricole CIB, and Head of Research and Chief Investment Strategist at SJS Markets, an emerging markets brokerage. He holds a Master’s degree in International Economic & Political Relations from Krakow University of Economics and an MBA in International Finance from Brandeis University.