Eric is Managing Director, Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy Research for RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM). He leads a team of economists and strategists generating forecasts and research on key economic and market themes. Eric is also a member of the RBC GAM Investment Strategy Committee, which is responsible for the firm's global asset mix recommendations.
Eric is a trusted voice for the investment team and clients alike, and his insights are regularly sought by global media outlets.
Prior to joining RBC GAM in 2011, Eric spent nearly a decade at another major financial institution, rising from bank economist to the position of chief economist and rates strategist on the firm's trading floor. He began his career at Statistics Canada.
Externally, Eric serves on the C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council, the group that dates recessions and other economic turning points in Canada. Eric holds a graduate degree in Economics from Queen's University as well as a Bachelor of Economics from Princeton University.