Conduct investment due diligence and manager selection for the U.S. Trust and Merrill Lynch Hedge Fund platforms as part of the Global Wealth and Investment Management Chief Investment Office. Primary areas of focus include managed futures, global macro, machine learning based quantitative strategies, and options overlay. A recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2014-15, I embarked on a self-directed yearlong journey which took me to Brazil, Argentina, Qatar, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. There I conducted interviews with top soccer officials in each country’s football association, FIFA referee administrators, and pro