Mario Albuquerque is Senior Vice President, Strategy Research, Equity Strategies at Research Affiliates. Mario joined Research Affiliates in 2018 and supports the systematic equity strategies and cross-sectional research underlying the firm's smart beta and active equity offerings.

Prior to joining Research Affiliates, Mario was a senior researcher at PredictWallStreet LLC, an analyst and portfolio manager at BPI Asset Management, and a junior financial controller at Siemens Information and Communications.

Mario received his Bachelor of Science in business management from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, Portugal, and his Master of Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Orange County.