Chris Rokos
Founder & CIO, Rokos Capital Management
Biography
Chris Rokos is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Rokos Capital Management (RCM). Under Chris’ stewardship, the firm has grown to manage over $20 billion in assets, specialising in trading strategies across Interest Rates, FX, Equities, Credit, Emerging Markets, Commodities, and Securitised Products.
Chris’ experience spans over thirty years of financial markets investing, reflecting a deep expertise in macroeconomic trading, alongside building and scaling investment businesses. Prior to launching RCM, Chris was a Founding Partner of Brevan Howard, where he was instrumental in the firm’s early growth and success over the course of a decade.
He serves on the Bank of England’s Market Participants Group, advising on themes shaping global markets, and is a strategic supporter of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He also serves as a member of the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets (IACFM), an advisory group for the New York Federal Reserve Bank that provides insight into financial, economic and public policy issues.
Chris holds an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He is a Foundation Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Fellow Benefactor of Queens’ College, Cambridge.