Rebecca Patterson

Combining her vast experience in economics and investment strategy and her journalist ability to translate these issues to audiences from all industry backgrounds, Rebecca Patterson uncovers and explains the threads that intertwine and affect our domestic and global economies.

As the former Chief Investment Strategist for Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, Patterson shaped the firm’s research agenda across geographies and asset classes, oversaw the development of new strategies to help large institutional clients solve their most pressing challenges, and shared her insights via Bridgewater’s Daily Observations publication.

Previously, Patterson was Chief Investment Officer of Bessemer Trust, overseeing $85 billion in client assets. During her time there, Patterson was a member of the firm’s Management Committee and helped launch their Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Before joining Bessemer in 2012, Patterson spent more than 15 years at JPMorgan. There she worked as a researcher in the firm’s investment bank in Europe, Singapore, and the US. Patterson also served as Chief Investment Strategist in the firm’s asset management arm. She ran the Private Bank’s global currency and commodity trading desk. Patterson’s transition to finance came after several years of working as a journalist, covering financial markets, policy, and politics in the US and Europe.

Patterson is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York and has served on the New York Federal Reserve’s Investor Advisory and Foreign Exchange committees. She also chairs the Council for Economic Education, a non-profit focused on K-12 financial literacy.

Patterson was included in American Banker’s list of Most Powerful Women in Finance for six consecutive years. She was featured in Forbes’ 50 over 50 in 2022.