Jens has an unbroken track record as leading markets strategist that spans well over two decades. For five years running, including the worst of the European financial crisis, Jens was the #1 ranked currency strategist by Institutional Investor. He was also awarded the Wolfson Economics Finalist Prize. Previously, Jens was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, a Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater and Head of Fixed Income Research and Global Currency Strategy at Nomura Securities before founding Exante Data in 2016.

Jens holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Southern Denmark. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg and has published op-eds in The Financial Times. Jens is regularly interviewed by Barrons and Forbes. He is the author of The Fall of the Euro (2013).

Wouter has been with Exante Data since inception and along with his role as COO, he leads and develops the political and policy risk practice. He pays particular attention to the intersections of US, European and Chinese developments. His coverage of political and policy events are closely followed in real time by Exante clients and featured in international media.

Wouter holds a Doctorate from Columbia University in Law & Economics and worked closely with Nobel Laureate Stiglitz. He also holds Master degrees in Law, Finance and Philosophy. Wouter is a published author with Oxford University Press on a variety of topics including sovereign investments as well as cross-border FDI.

Alex Etra is the Senior Macro Strategist at Exante Data, leading and producing insights on global macro trends, cross-border capital flows, FX intervention and global central bank policy. As Head of Research Analytics, he is a major contributor to our proprietary data platform and its bridge to our clients. Prior to joining Exante Data, Alex spent five years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York advising senior management on sovereign and bank credit risk and foreign central bank activity.

Alex holds a Master's degree in International Affairs (economics) from Johns Hopkins SAIS and did extensive work in India as an Economist for Roubini Global Economics.

Grant Wilson is Chair of Tivan Limited, a listed critical minerals company in Australia. For three years previously, he was Head of Asia Pac for Exante Data.

Grant has extensive capital markets experience, including real money (Bankers Trust), sovereign wealth (GIC, where he was Global Head of FX/Macro) and hedge funds (Moore Capital and Civil Capital, as Founder & CEO). Grant has informed policy formation in Australia in response to COVID-19, and is a regular contributor to the Australian Financial Review.

Tor Vollalokken has spent his entire professional life in the foreign exchange market, including 15 years with DnB where he was Head of FX in Oslo and later served as a Branch Manger in London, and 25 years as an independent analyst and advisor to hedge funds, sovereigns, fund managers, family offices and energy companies worldwide.

Tor has a special focus on Scandanavian currencies.

Chris Marsh holds a PhD in international macroeconomics and has worked at the International Monetary Fund and in finance for 15 years.

An expert on IMF financial programming, Chris started The General Theorist blog in 2017 which focuses on the intersection between money and the balance of payments. His interests are global macro-financial linkages, central bank balance sheets, debt sustainability and emerging markets.

Web Begole oversees data procurement, programmatic analytics and technical infrastructure that power Global Flow Analytics and Currency Overlay platforms. Leveraging a background from both creative and technical industries, Web brings innovative approaches and novel analysis to alternative data relevant to current market themes such as our COVID-19 research.

Web carries degrees in arts and Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology and The New School.

Kaye joined Exante in 2018 and is Exante Data’s lead in client relationship management while optimizing our staff’s performance and happiness. She loves to connect the voice of the team with clients’ needs to cultivate the Exante Data experience. She has 20+ years of experience specializing in customer satisfaction and operations management.

Kaye brings her attention to detail and distinct ability to build effective relationships to every aspect of Exante Data’s business. Kaye holds an MA in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Hartford.

Martin Lynge Rasmussen joined Exante Data from the European Central Bank's China desk, before which he worked as a China Economist at Capital Economics. Martin spent time at Morgan Stanley, Beijing Lakefront Asset Management and Payden & Rygel Investment Management.

Martin has a BBA in Finance from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a master's in International Economics and China studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS. Martin has lived in China for five years and is fluent in Mandarin.

Shekhar Hari Kumar holds a PhD in International Economics. Shekhar has worked in macro-finance research for 10 years. His research primarily focuses on the international trilemma, studying the interaction between capital flows and exchange rate / monetary policy in emerging markets. His secondary research interests include financial econometrics and changepoint analysis.

He has previously worked as a consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and is an alumnus of IHEID Geneva and IIT-Madras

María Castañeda is an economist with experience in data science, econometric model building and macroeconomic analysis.

María has worked in the financial sector as an economic and Big Data researcher and has master's and postgraduate studies in economics and statistics. Her areas of interest are: monetary policy, data analysis, Latin America, economic growth.

Seth Balodi is the senior lead for the continued development of the Exante Data web platform and the maintenance, integration and expansion of the Exante Data Timeseries API. Seth joined Exante Data in 2017 and is focused on creating useful models and data platforms for Exante Data clients.

Seth studied Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Go Hokies!

Nelli Butenko is responsible for building out the user side of Exante Data applications. Nelli focuses on developing and implementing user friendly tools and features on the Exante Data Global Flow Analytics platform and building internal libraries for graphing data.

Nelli holds a degree in Civil Law from Kutafin Moscow State Law University.

Shelby Soutter is responsible for managing and optimizing the backend infrastructure that supports both the frontend developers and the Python Economists.

Shelby joined in 2022 and is focused on automation and migration to improve client experience and speed of content delivery.

Alicia Chambers joined Exante Data in 2021. She is on the Client Relations Team and plays an integral role in managing the back office. Alicia comes to Exante with about two decades of customer service, planning and operations experience in the aviation industry.

The love is in the details for Alicia, she is very meticulous. Her problem solving, multitasking, and time management abilities is what makes her deliver phenomenal service every day.