Jeff Currie (EPIC Advisory Group Chair) (PhD ’96) is the chief strategy officer of energy pathways at the global investment firm Carlyle. He was previously the global head of Commodities Research in Global Investment Research (GIR) at Goldman Sachs. He is responsible for conducting research on commodity market dynamics in the context of corporate risk management programs, short and long term commodity investment strategies and asset allocation. Jeff is also a member of the GIR Client and Business Standards Committee, Growth Markets Executive Group and Macro Executive Committee. Jeff earned an A.B. from Pepperdine University. Jeff earned an A.M and Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Chicago (1996).
“UChicago and EPIC are at the forefront of producing frontier, data-driven research on the most challenging energy and climate issues of our time, impacting the conversation and global landscape for confronting these issues. I’m thrilled to be working with EPIC to help them further their impact through real-world insights.”