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Posted: May 28, 2024
2024 Ones to Watch Industry Leaders: Ryan Severino, BGO
Managing Director,
Chief Economist & Head of U.S. Research
BGO
“Ryan’s highly valued leadership has further enhanced our robust economic research and focus on data analytics to keep BGO at the forefront of identifying and capitalizing on new market opportunities and hedging against emerging risks.” - Rob Naso, Managing Partner & Head of U.S. Asset Management at BGO.
In the last 12 months what accomplishment are you most proud of? I have refocused the economics and research team at BGO, given our firm’s commitment to data science. Today, every member of our team writes code, practices higher-order mathematics, and are applying their knowledge of economic theory to everyday challenges. This new direction enables us to work closely with the real estate industry’s leading in-house data science group to deliver deeper and more timely insights to our investment management business lines.
Best advice for new leaders: Never stop learning. Never.
In the last 12 months what was one of the biggest challenges you faced as a leader and how did you overcome it? The speed and scope of BGO’s growth has forced me to embrace both the challenge and opportunity of delivering timely and highly detailed economic insights to niche, new start up business lines within the firm. This has forced me to entrench myself and my team much deeper into the investment management and asset management functions at BGO to ensure that we are connecting our work to meaningful outcomes for the business. In many ways, this connectivity to our business and field-level staff has been one of the more rewarding aspects of my work.
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