Steve is Senior Macroeconomist and serves as Chair of the Investment Policy Committee for the Global Fixed Income team.  Previously, Steve was Co-Head of MacKay’s Macro and Quantitative Solutions.  Steve joined MacKay Shields from BNP Paribas Asset Management, where he served as a Senior Economist. Prior to that, Steve spent fifteen years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he held a variety of senior roles including Director of Market Analysis and Director of Foreign Exchange and Investments.  Steve received his BA from Wesleyan University and holds master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins – School of Advanced International Studies and Columbia Business School. He has been in the investment industry since 1998.