Reto Cueni joined Syz Group in June 2025 as Chief Economist and member of the investment committee. He is responsible for the macroeconomic “house view” and provides the economic foundation of the long-term strategic outlook. He previously served as Chief Economist at Vontobel Group from 2020, having been part of Vontobel Asset Management’s Investment Strategy team since 2014 as a Senior Economist. From 2009 to 2014, Reto worked as a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich. His academic work earned him a research fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation at Columbia University in New York. He began his career in finance as an equity analyst at Vontobel Equity Research in 2005. He earned a doctorate and a master's degree in economics from the University of Zurich where he continues to serve as a guest lecturer to this day.