Management Team

The Trusted Sources team combines decades of experience of emerging markets with political and economic analytical skills. We have set out to combine best newspaper editing know-how with the rigour of political and economic analysis to deliver concise and well-packaged insight into events and trends.

Nicholas Mather

Chief Executive
From 2002 to 2005 Nicholas Mather was Managing Director of Breakingviews, the leading online financial commentary service. Previously, he spent twenty years in investment banking with CSFB and BNP Paribas working in Japan, Russia and the Middle East.
Email: Nicholas Mather
Telephone: +44 203 008 5761

Jonathan Fenby

Research Director
Formerly Editor of The Observer in Britain, The South China Morning Post, Reuters World Service, earlywarning.com and a Director of Guardian Newspapers, Jonathan Fenby has also held senior editorial positions with The Economist. He is specifically responsible for the China channel.
Email: Jonathan Fenby
Telephone: +44 203 008 5764

Christopher Granville

Managing Director, Research
Until early 2006, Christopher Granville was Chief Strategist & Political Analyst at UFG, now Deutsche Bank's Russian brokerage arm. Previously a British foreign service officer posted in Moscow, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was ranked number one EMEA strategist in the Thomson Extel Survey 2006. Christopher is specifically responsible for the Russia channel.
Email: Christopher Granville
Telephone: +44 203 008 5762

Larry Brainard

Chief Economist
Larry Brainard has more than thirty years' experience as an international economist and investment strategist working for major global financial institutions. He was Global Head of Emerging Market Research at Chase Manhattan Bank and before that Co-Head of Emerging Debt Markets at Goldman Sachs. During his career he has covered emerging markets on a global basis, with special focus on Russia and Brazil.
Email: Larry Brainard
Telephone: +44 203 008 6092