Rebecca Patterson joined Bridgewater in January 2020 and is a Director of our Investment Research group, where she is responsible for identifying and overseeing areas of research across geographies and asset classes. As fiscal policy has taken over from monetary policy as the primary determinant of growth outcomes, Rebecca is currently focused on deepening the firm’s understanding of fiscal policy across countries and examining direct and indirect impacts of these government efforts for markets. She sits on the firm’s Investment Committee, is a member of the firm’s Partnership, leads the department’s Diversity & Inclusion efforts, and serves as a mentor to colleagues across the firm.

Rebecca has more than 20 years of investment management experience, and prior to joining Bridgewater, served as Chief Investment Officer of Bessemer Trust, managing $85 billion in client assets and overseeing a team of nearly 100 investors. During her time there, Rebecca was a member of the firm’s Management Committee, and founded their Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She was instrumental in launching new investment solutions for clients, ranging from ESG public-equity and US dividend-focused strategies to overlays that ensured that portfolios reflected her best thinking on countries, sectors and currencies.

Before joining Bessemer in 2012, Rebecca spent more than 15 years at J.P. Morgan.

Rebecca is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Economic Club of New York, and is actively involved with the Council for Economic Education. She previously served on the New York Federal Reserve’s Foreign Exchange Committee, and later the Investor Advisory Committee for siix years, and has served on the University of Florida’s Investment Corporation’s Advisory Board for seven years, including three years as Chair. She holds an M.B.A. from New York University, an M.A. in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida.