About Us
Exante Data was founded in 2016 by Jens Nordvig and delivers proprietary data and world-class analysis to institutional investors globally.
The mission of Exante Data is to provide better answers to key macro questions through superior data and analytics.
Exante Data helps investors generate alpha in global macro markets, by extracting relevant signals from vast sets of public and private data, with an overlay of human interpretation.
Our innovative tools and model outputs are made available to our clients to facilitate their own in-house research processes, including via API.
Exante Data provides a holistic service, ranging from proprietary data and analytics, thematic research and trade ideas, and to day-to-day interaction with our team of world-class analysts.
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Exante Data serves the world’s most sophisticated investors using a combination of in depth data analytics and human conceptual thinking.
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We have a global team of world-class full-time analysts, focusing on a set of themes where we have an edge and unique insights.
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We view our client relationships as partnerships, and focus on long-term and in depth cooperation.
Exante Data Team
Jens Nordvig
Founder & CEO
Wouter Jongbloed
Chief Operating Officer
Kaye Gentle
Chief of Staff
Alex Etra
Head of Research Analytics
Tor Vollalokken
Special Advisor
Chris Marsh
Chief Economic Advisor
Michael Trounce
Global Client Advisor
Grant Wilson
Advisory Board Member
Web Begole
Chief Technology Advisor
Alicia Chambers
Business Support Manager
Martin Lynge Rasmussen
Senior Strategist
Shekhar Hari Kumar
Macro Strategist
María Castañeda
Python Economist
Joan Nicolás Vera
Python Economist
Seth Balodi
Senior Frontend Engineer
Shelby Soutter
DevSecOps Engineer
Nelli Butenko
Junior Frontend Developer
Jean-Laurent Cadorel
Economic Analyst
Jens Nordvig
Founder & CEO
Jens has an unbroken track record as leading markets strategist that spans well over two decades. For five years running, including the worst of the European financial crisis, Jens was the #1 ranked currency strategist by Institutional Investor. He was also awarded the Wolfson Economics Finalist Prize. Previously, Jens was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, a Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater Associates and Head of Fixed Income Research and Global Currency Strategy at Nomura Securities, before founding Exante Data in 2016. Jens is also at the forefront of using AI in connection with financial market analysis within MarketReader (a company he co-founded in 2021)
Jens holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Southern Denmark as well as a MA and BA degrees in economics from the University of Aarhus. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and has published op-eds in The Financial Times. Jens is regularly interviewed by Barrons and Forbes. He is the author of The Fall of the Euro (2013).
Wouter Jongbloed
Chief Operating Officer
Wouter has been with Exante Data since inception and along with his role as COO, he leads and develops the political and policy risk practice. He pays particular attention to the intersections of US, European and Chinese developments. His coverage of political and policy events are closely followed in real time by Exante clients and featured in international media.
Wouter holds a Doctorate from Columbia University in Law & Economics and worked closely with Nobel Laureate Stiglitz. He also holds Master degrees in Law, Finance and Philosophy. Wouter is a published author with Oxford University Press on a variety of topics including sovereign investments as well as cross-border FDI.
Alex Etra
Head of Research Analytics
Alex Etra is the Senior Macro Strategist at Exante Data, leading and producing insights on global macro trends, cross-border capital flows, FX intervention and global central bank policy. As Head of Research Analytics, he is a major contributor to our proprietary data platform and its bridge to our clients. Prior to joining Exante Data, Alex spent five years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York advising senior management on sovereign and bank credit risk and foreign central bank activity.
Alex holds a Master's degree in International Affairs (economics) from Johns Hopkins SAIS and did extensive work in India as an Economist for Roubini Global Economics.
Grant Wilson
Advisory Board Member
Grant Wilson is Chair of Tivan Limited, a listed critical minerals company in Australia. For three years previously, he was Head of Asia Pac for Exante Data.
Grant has extensive capital markets experience, including real money (Bankers Trust), sovereign wealth (GIC, where he was Global Head of FX/Macro) and hedge funds (Moore Capital and Civil Capital, as Founder & CEO). Grant has informed policy formation in Australia in response to COVID-19, and is a regular contributor to the Australian Financial Review.
Tor Vollalokken
Special Advisor
Tor Vollalokken has spent his entire professional life in the foreign exchange market, including 15 years with DnB where he was Head of FX in Oslo and later served as a Branch Manger in London, and 25 years as an independent analyst and advisor to hedge funds, sovereigns, fund managers, family offices and energy companies worldwide.
Tor has a special focus on Scandanavian currencies.
Chris Marsh
Chief Economic Advisor
Chris Marsh holds a PhD in international macroeconomics and has worked at the International Monetary Fund and in finance for 15 years.
An expert on IMF financial programming, Chris started The General Theorist blog in 2017 which focuses on the intersection between money and the balance of payments. His interests are global macro-financial linkages, central bank balance sheets, debt sustainability and emerging markets.
Web Begole
Chief Technology Advisor
Web Begole provides strategic advice on technology issues to Exante Data. Leveraging a background from both creative and technical industries, Web brings innovative approaches and novel analysis to alternative data relevant to current market themes such as our COVID-19 research.
Web carries degrees in arts and Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology and The New School.
Kaye Gentle
Chief of Staff
Kaye joined Exante in 2018 and is Exante Data’s lead in client relationship management while optimizing our staff’s performance and happiness. She loves to connect the voice of the team with clients’ needs to cultivate the Exante Data experience. She has 20+ years of experience specializing in customer satisfaction and operations management.
Kaye brings her attention to detail and distinct ability to build effective relationships to every aspect of Exante Data’s business. Kaye holds an MA in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Hartford.
Martin Lynge Rasmussen
Senior Strategist
Martin Lynge Rasmussen joined Exante Data from the European Central Bank's China desk, before which he worked as a China Economist at Capital Economics. Martin spent time at Morgan Stanley, Beijing Lakefront Asset Management and Payden & Rygel Investment Management.
Martin has a BBA in Finance from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a master's in International Economics and China studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS. Martin has lived in China for five years and is fluent in Mandarin.
Shekhar Hari Kumar
Macro Strategist
Shekhar Hari Kumar holds a PhD in International Economics. Shekhar has worked in macro-finance research for 10 years. His research primarily focuses on the international trilemma, studying the interaction between capital flows and exchange rate / monetary policy in emerging markets. His secondary research interests include financial econometrics and changepoint analysis.
He has previously worked as a consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and is an alumnus of IHEID Geneva and IIT-Madras
María Castañeda
Python Economist
María Castañeda is an economist with experience in data science, econometric model building and macroeconomic analysis.
María has worked in the financial sector (BBVA) as an economic and Big Data researcher and has master's and postgraduate studies in economics and statistics. Her areas of interest are: monetary policy, data analysis, Latin America, economic growth.
Seth Balodi
Senior Frontend Engineer
Seth Balodi is the senior lead for the continued development of the Exante Data web platform and the maintenance, integration and expansion of the Exante Data Timeseries API. Seth joined Exante Data in 2017 and is focused on creating useful models and data platforms for Exante Data clients.
Seth studied Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Go Hokies!
Nelli Butenko
Junior Frontend Developer
Nelli Butenko is responsible for building out the user side of Exante Data applications. Nelli focuses on developing and implementing user friendly tools and features on the Exante Data Global Flow Analytics platform and building internal libraries for graphing data.
Nelli holds a degree in Civil Law from Kutafin Moscow State Law University.
Shelby Soutter
DevSecOps Engineer
Shelby Soutter is responsible for managing and optimizing the backend infrastructure that supports both the frontend developers and the Python Economists.
Shelby joined in 2022 and is focused on automation and migration to improve client experience and speed of content delivery.
Alicia Chambers
Business Support Manager
Alicia Chambers joined Exante Data in 2021. She is on the Client Relations Team and plays an integral role in managing the back office. Alicia comes to Exante with about two decades of customer service, planning and operations experience in the aviation industry.
The love is in the details for Alicia, she is very meticulous. Her problem solving, multitasking, and time management abilities is what makes her deliver phenomenal service every day.
Joan Nicolás Vera
Python Economist
Joan Vera is an economist with a particular interest in data science and economic analysis. Coming from a private financial institution in Bogotá, Columbia, Joan joined the Exante Data team in 2023. He technically supports our Strategists and ensures their macroeconomic analysis is only one click away on the website and is available 24/7 to our clients.
Michael Trounce
Global Client Advisor
Mike joined Exante Data in 2023 as Global Client Advisor. Mike helps our clients succeed using the breadth and depth of Exante Data's content and service, and helps us succeed by communicating our story to a wider audience.
Mike graduated in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK in 1998 and worked in London for BNP Paribas and Societe Generale as a G10 rates and FX strategist. Later on he took a Masters in Finance from the University of York, UK and joined JPMorgan in 2007 as an Emerging Markets rates and FX strategist. He joined Standard Chartered in 2012 in a research leadership role and in 2016 founded Trounceflow, a financial data startup.
Jean-Laurent Cadorel
Economic Analyst
Jean-Laurent Cadorel recently joined Exante as an economic analyst. Jean-Laurent is a final-year PhD candidate in economics at the Paris School of Economics. He specializes in financial economics and economic history, precisely looking at financial crises and their effects on the real economy. After working for a year at a multi-family office buy-side fund, Optélios Capital, Jean-Laurent joined Exante Data manages the team's corporate social media. He is also an author on "Money: Inside and Out" substack.