Richard Grace is the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) Chief Currency Strategist and in May 2011 he took on the additional role of Head of International Economics. He has been with the CBA for almost six years. Richard has almost 20 years work experience as a currency strategist and economist, including two years working in London. He holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in Economics from Macquarie University, where he also spent some time working in the Asia Pacific Research Institute.