Rod is a seasoned financial expert with a passion for expanding access to financial resources and is the founder of The People’s Economist (TPE) , a web application that provides a broad range of financial tools, data and research (www.tpehub.com). Prior to founding TPE, Rod worked in global development including BRAC USA, a global NGO, where he served as the Chief Knowledge Officer and more recently served as the Executive Director of the Financial Inclusion Forum, UK. Prior to BRAC he served as EVP at PIMCO Advisory, where he built and led a team of 20, responsible for managing large Global Financial Crisis related mandates. Before PIMCO, Rod was MD and top ranked head of Residential Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities research at Credit Suisse, where he helped develop market-leading publications, surveillance and analytics systems. Rod’s work has been cited in the media (including NY Times, WSJ and the FT) and over 50 research publications.