George R. Hoguet

George Hoguet is a private investor and Chairman of the Board of CFA Society Boston. For many years he was an institutional portfolio manager and Global Investment Strategist specializing in emerging markets at State Street Global Advisors, one of the world’s largest investment managers. From 1981-1985 he served at the U.S. Treasury Department, first as U.S. Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank and subsequently, as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.

His prior and current affiliations/directorships include: President - Boston Economic Club; Executive Committee of the Boston Committee on Foreign Relations; Board Chair - CFA Society of Boston; Visiting Committee – Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard; Council on Foreign Relations; Trustee - The Research Foundation of CFA Institute; Advisory Board - Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) and Advisory Committee - Harvard Seminar on Politics and Economics of International Finance. He has published extensively in the field of investments and has presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research and many other academic and industry fora.

George is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a qualified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).