
Mi Lu, Ph.D.
Managing Director & Co-Portfolio Manager for the Emerging Market Local Currency Strategy

Dr. Mi Lu is a managing director and co-portfolio manager for the Emerging Market Local Currency strategy. She is also a member of Barings’ Global Sovereign Debt and Currencies Group and a sovereign and quantitative analyst. Mi has worked in the industry since 2013. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Mi was previously an economist/consultant with Fiduciary Research & Consulting LLC based in San Francisco. Mi holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside, an M.A. in Applied Economics with distinction from the City University of Hong Kong as well as dual bachelor's degrees in finance and mathematics from Wuhan University in China.