Jason Lejonvarn
Strategist commodities, Hermes
Lejonvarn joined Hermes Fund Managers in July 2009 as a strategist the commodities team and was responsible for driving the commercialisation of Hermes’ offerings. He previously launched BGI’s commodity fund and co-authored its commodity risk premium research. Lejonvarn worked at BGI for five years, initially as a strategist in the solutions team, then as the head of portfolio management in the fund of hedge fund team and culminating in the launch of the firm’s multi-strategy fund. Prior to this, he worked for BARRA in Berkeley and London for seven and a half years. Lejonvarn’s roles there ranged from product manager of equity models to director of global accounts, supporting the company’s largest European clients and asset managers. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Studies from Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota and a Master of Arts in Economics from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. Lejonvarn is a CFA Charterholder.