Anne-Sophie van Royen

Anne-Sophie van Royen serves as AMO USA’s chief investment officer, quantitative strategies. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm’s quantitative investment programs including the research process, portfolio management, execution and risk management. Anne-Sophie manages AMO USA’s quantitative investment team. Prior to joining AMO, she worked at la Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec in Montreal, first as head of global tactical asset allocation then as head of quantitative equity. Prior to CDPQ Sophie-Anne served for 4 years as an advisor in the managing director’s office at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, covering all matters pertaining to tactical asset allocation. She was previously head of global tactical asset allocation at Credit Suisse Asset Management in New York between 2004 and 2011. She began her career in Mergers and Acquisitions with Goldman Sachs in London.

Sophie-Anne holds a Ph.D and M.Sc in Mathematical Economics from the University of Paris – Sorbonne. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Business from HEC Paris. She published articles in a variety of professional investment journals, including the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Derivatives and Journal of Forecasting. She is a past president of the Society of Quantitative Analysts in New York and served as an advisor in the department of mathematics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.