Jacques Longerstaey is a Managing Director and head of the Risk & Portfolio Analysis Group at Putnam Investments.  His group has oversight over investment risk, counterparty credit as well as operational risk across the fund complex. It is also responsible for providing performance attribution and other analyses to both internal and external clients.

Prior to joining Putnam in November 2003, Mr. Longerstaey was co-head of the risk management group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.  From 1987 to 1998, Mr Longerstaey held various positions at J.P Morgan and Co. (economist and fixed income researcher for the Benelux, head of the Bond Index Group, developer of the RiskMetrics value-at-risk methodology).

Mr. Longerstaey holds a degree in Economics from the University of Louvain in Belgium.   He is a member of the Board of Trustees of GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), President of the FAST Sailing Foundation, based in Newport, RI and a member of the board of the USODA (U.S. Optimist Dinghy Association).