Suzanne Bishopric

Suzanne Bishopric
Managing Partner
Global Sovereign Advisors

 

Suzanne is an international investments expert and experienced Board Director

Until 2015, Suzanne was Director-Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, astutely foreseeing the financial crisis and increasing the value of the fund from almost $38 Billion in 2007 to $54 Billion in 2015. She initiated the Fund’s investments in Frontier Markets, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Green Bonds and Low Volatility ETF’s. As UN Treasurer, she was praised by Paul Volcker for the professional management of the Central Bank of Iraq’s portfolio. As Director, Financial Markets of McDonald’s Corporation, she financed start-ups, joint ventures and real estate investments in 43 countries, including overseas postings in Hong Kong and Brazil.

Fluent in several languages, Suzanne has taught investment strategies in many venues, including the World Bank’s Global Symposia on Pension and Sovereign Fund Investments, the Fixed Income Leader’s Summit, the OECD Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, The CFA Institute of New York’s Global Policymakers Series, The World Gold Council and the Financial Times Growth Markets Summit.

Suzanne has degrees from Harvard University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, The Institute of Corporate Directors, at The Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University (ICD.D 2013) She completed the HBS Women on Boards Program

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