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Jonathan A. Chanis
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3213
jc3161@columbia.edu
Biography:
Jonathan Chanis has worked in finance for 25 years. Most of this time has been spent trading and investing in the emerging markets and various commodities markets, especially petroleum. Currently he is Managing Member of New Tide Asset Management, a proprietary vehicle focused on global and resource investing.
Previously, Mr. Chanis was Managing Director at Tribeca Global Management where he traded energy and emerging market equities, and commodities and currencies. He also was a Senior Trader at Caxton Associates were he traded similar assets. Earlier, Mr. Chanis assisted AIG in building its third party asset management business, and was president of several AIG companies including its Russian investment bank. He also worked on the trading desk of J. Aron & Co., and he was a Vice President at the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the U.S.S.R., and at the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Mr. Chanis is a member of the Council on Foreign Relation, a Member of the Board of The Energy Forum, and a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate School, CUNY and a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College.