Savvas began his career in commercial finance ’91 at stockbrokers Hoare Govett then owned by Bank of America. There and subsequently, he ran economics desks at number of investment banks; French, Dutch, German and American. ‘05 saw him set up his own firm QuantMetriks, which in ‘07 was acquired by Toscafund (a $7bn hedge fund) where he assumed the role of senior partner & chief economist. In ‘24 he demerged and restarted QuantMetriks. Before his City career, Sav lectured in economics & related subjects – variedly at Oxford, Moscow, Greenwich unis & the LSE. He also co-authored peer reviewed published research, including for the Economic Journal, Economic Policy, Economic Outlook and Scottish Journal of Political Economy. He has also contributed chapters to numerous economics textbooks. Sav gained a BSc, MSc & PhD all in econometrics & mathematical economics from the LSE.