Chris Towner
About Chris
Chris Towner is a Managing Director at Chatham Financial and leads the European foreign currency risk management team, serving funds and corporates. Chris has been guiding clients on fund level FX risk for over 15 years. His expertise includes optimal hedging solutions for clients with an emphasis on funds that hold non-liquid assets.
Chris has over 25 years of experience in the FX markets. Prior to joining Chatham, Chris traded in the interbank spot FX markets for Barcap in London, Singapore, and Tokyo, where he ran the GBP book. He then led the corporate dealing and advisory business at XE.com. Chris was the first trader to quote a price in Asia in the EUR/GBP interbank market when the Euro was launched in January 1999.
Chris received his bachelor’s degree from Nottingham University.
Publications
FX hedging for Capital Economics
FX hedging for private debt funds
Expertise
- Private Equity
- Infrastructure
- Foreign Currency Risk Management
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