Phil was born to Chilean parents living overseas from their homeland during the revolution only to find himself fleeing his home in Nicaragua as a child. His family's experiences have always been a driving force to better understand why some countries (de)evolve.

Phil left EPIIC ('93 & '94) and Tufts ('94) and spent four years operating in various developing markets on USAID and IMF economic development projects. After helping to design the stock market in Uganda and the pension in Kazakhstan he became increasingly interested in the intersection of markets and eco-political development. After a graduate degree from the University of Chicago ('01) he became a "global macro" investor specializing in the emerging markets. Over the course of his twenty five year investment career Phil has launched a hedge fund, a mutual fund, managed sovereign wealth, and retirement savings. Lately he has returned to his roots and is focusing on human welfare oriented impact investing in the emerging markets.

Away from his time in markets, Phil has held a diverse if not comical collection of jobs: a shrimp trader, a t-shirt broker, an internet radio entrepreneur, a yacht cleaner, a Hobie cat instructor, and an aloe juice salesman. Phil is the Senior Portfolio Manager of Emerging Markets for Aegon Asset Management and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Loyola University of Chicago. He is also one of the original Superforecasters from the 2013 ACE IARPA research project. Among things Phil is most proud of are his two brilliant children and his overstamped passports.

Phil was lucky enough to participate in two rounds of EPIIC where he was mentored and educated by Sherman. He credits Sherman with learning to learn and understanding that big questions are knowable (if you don't sleep for a semester). Phil is still in awe of the love and passion Sherman resonates to pull students of all ages into his orbit.