Atul Lele
Bridgewater AssociatesPortfolio Strategist
Atul joined Bridgewater in 2018, and is currently a Portfolio Strategist. He is a senior member of the research group, and also works with Bridgewater’s clients to develop investment strategies that meet their objectives and to provide insight into the research group’s thinking on global markets and economic conditions. Prior to joining Bridgewater, Atul spent five years as the Chief Investment Officer of Deltec International Group, where he was responsible for their investment management and advisory platform, focusing on the investment strategy and outlook, portfolio management and analytical processes behind the strategic and tactical global macro funds, and authoring the firm’s global macro research publications. Prior to that, Atul spent five years as the Head of Strategy, Economics and Quantitative Research for Credit Suisse Australia, where he was top ranked by clients and external surveys. Before that, he spent eight years as a Portfolio Manager and Partner at White Funds Management, a boutique multi-asset class fund manager. Atul has regularly appeared in the financial media and in investment-related books. He is also a CFA charterholder, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales.
