French asset management firm Amundi has appointed Alessia Berardi as its head of global macroeconomics within the Amundi Investment Institute.

In this role, Berardi, based in London, oversees global macroeconomics, developed and emerging market macro themes, and maintains the responsibility for emerging markets strategy. She is a member of Amundi’s global investment committee.

Berardi began her career in the financial industry in 1998, covering the main developed markets economies. Since 2013, she has been leading the London research branch of Amundi with specific focus on global emerging markets, covering the different geographies from macroeconomics to asset classes.

She was appointed head of emerging macro strategy research at the Amundi Investment Institute in 2022.