Jurrien Timmer is the director of global macro at Fidelity Investments. He is part of Fidelity’s global asset allocation group, where he specializes in asset allocation and global macro strategy. Timmer has been at Fidelity for 27 years and has close to four decades of experience in the industry. He appears frequently in the media and can be seen on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business. Prior to assuming his current position in 2005, Timmer held various other roles within Fidelity, including director of market research and technical research analyst. He also co-managed the Fidelity Global Strategies Fund from 2007 to 2014.

Before joining Fidelity in 1995, Timmer was a vice-president in the fixed income group at ABN AMRO Bank in New York. He has been in the investments industry since 1985.

Timmer earned his bachelor of science degree in finance from Babson College.