Paul Gait is the Group Head of Strategy for Anglo American plc responsible for the Group’s analysis and interpretation of the commodity markets and the broader macroeconomic environment.

Prior to joining Anglo American, Paul was chief investment officer and director of research at Azvalor Asset Management and was responsible for running the firm’s natural resource exposure spanning a broad sectoral mandate (base metals, bulk commodities, diversified mining, precious metals, energy, and agriculture).

Prior to the buy-side Paul spent a decade at Sanford Bernstein building the metals and mining franchise producing sell side research covering the global economy, commodity markets and the mining industry and before that worked at HM Treasury and McKinsey.

Paul graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in Theoretical Physics.