Dr Massimiliano Castelli - Managing Director, Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS AM. As Head of Strategy in the team serving sovereign institutions globally, he analyses the market trends affecting the investment behaviour of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other state-controlled investment institutions.

He has often been called in by leading institutions as an expert on global economic and financial matters and regularly publishes articles and research on international economic policy and financial market issues. Among his publications The New Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Wiley Finance Series, a book providing a thorough guide to sovereign wealth funds. 

Max holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome where he lectured and a Msc in Economics from the University of London. He is a Fellow at the New York University, Abu Dhabi and the Co-Chairman of the Asset Management Investment Council (AMIC),  International Capital Market Association.