Amundi promotes Berardi to lead macroeconomic department

Binaya Dahal

Journalist

29 January 2026

Europe’s leading asset manager, Amundi, has promoted Alessia Berardi to become its Head of Global Macroeconomics within its investment institute from her previous position of Head of Emerging Macro Strategy Research.

Succeeding Mahmood Pradhan in the role, Berardi will oversee global macroeconomics – developed and emerging market (EM) macro themes – and maintain the responsibility of emerging markets strategy.

In previous role, her team was responsible for EM’s macro and financial analysis through a model driven approach aimed at identifying the fundamental factors that eventually influence investment decisions.

The member of Amundi’s Global Investment Committee, Berardi began her career in the financial industry in 1998, covering the main developed markets economies.

Since 2013, she has been leading the London research branch of Amundi with specific focus on global emerging markets, covering the different geographies from macroeconomics to asset classes.

A subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, Amundi manages more than €2.3 trillion in assets and ranks among the world’s top 10 asset managers.

The group serves around 200 million clients across retail, institutional and corporate segments, offering a range of active and passive investment solutions across traditional and real assets.

Amundi Investment Institute, launched at the beginning of 2022, brings together Amundi’s research, market strategy, investment themes and asset allocation advisory activities.