Member : Eric-Vincent Guichard

Mr. Eric-Vincent Guichard is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GRAVITAS Capital Advisors, Inc. Eric advises global and sovereign institutional assets. He oversees the Sovereign Solutions Practice, which includes innovative macro solutions such as the Sovereign Debt Redemption Fund Ltd and the Pension Support Fund Ltd. In addition, Eric has initiated and manages innovative Absolute Return Products such as the Tactical Allocation Fund LLC. Eric has several financial patents pending with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office.

Prior to GRAVITAS Capital, Eric was investment officer and portfolio manager at the World Bank Treasury Department where he also served as technical adviser to sovereign and multilateral institutions worldwide. Eric has published articles on global finance, regulatory oversight and the behavioral impact of corporate incentives. He received a 2009 Risk Innovator Award from Risk & Insurance magazine.

Eric is a graduate of the University of Dakar, in Senegal, of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and of the Harvard Business School where he earned his MBA (World Bank Scholar and Harvard Fellowship award).