Dr. V. Anantha-Nageswaran a former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Geoeconomics Studies, at Gateway House. He is an affiliated faculty member at the Singapore Management University and is a regular contributor to Mint,  an Indian financial daily, and is a regular commentator on geoeconomics for international media outlets. He co-founded the Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital fund, a pioneer in impact investing, and the Takshashila Institute, a public policy think tank and educational institute in Bengaluru. Prior to joining Gateway House, he worked as an independent consultant for six years. He was at Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd., as the Chief Investment Officer and was formerly Head of Research for Asia. Prior to this he worked for Credit Suisse in Switzerland and Singapore, and the Union Bank of Switzerland (now UBS). Dr. Anantha-Nageswaran received his PhD in finance from the University of Massachusetts in 1984 for his work on the empirical behaviour of exchange rates. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1985). He has co-authored two books, titled Economics of Derivatives (2015) and Can India grow? (2016)