The Global Business of Sports

Dr. Peter Marber, PhD is a pioneering investor, teacher, and writer focused on global markets, economic development, and human capital. An award-winning money manager for some of the world's largest institutions, Marber has headed fund businesses for Generali Investments, Loomis Sayles, and HSBC. Before that, he was founding partner, president, and chief strategist for The Atlantic Funds, which was acquired by HSBC in 2005. Marber began his career at the Swiss bank UBS. He has taught at the Harvard Extension School since January 2014 and received the JoAnne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award in 2017. He has been a faculty member of Johns Hopkins Carey Business School since 2017 and has also taught at Columbia University and New York University's Center for Global Affairs. Marber has authored more than 100 columns and is routinely quoted in the media including CNN, CNBC, The Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal. He has published eight books including Quid Periculum? Measuring and Managing Risk in the Age of Uncertainty (PRS, 2021) and Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work(Routledge, 2023). Marber is a member of Chatham House, the Bretton Woods Committee, and the Royal Economic Society, and a fellow at both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society of Arts. He serves on boards for institutions including New England Capital & Treasury, Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, the Emerging Markets Trade Association, Geolinks, Atlas Talent, the University of Virginia, and St. John's College. He earned his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University, master's degrees from Columbia University and Oxford University, and doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

Damian Sassower is Chief Emerging Market Fixed Income Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, a research platform that delivers analysis and context on industries, companies, and government policy. Sassower is also the creator, co-anchor and producer for Bloomberg Business of Sports, the company's landmark sports radio property and podcast platform. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Sassower was Managing Director at Altree Financial, where he oversaw institutional emerging market credit and equity fund management as a member of the investment committee. Sassower has over three decades of investment experience having held various buy- and sell-side positions at Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs. Sassower earned his MBA in finance from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and BA in economics from Vanderbilt University.