Extended Biography

Adolfo Laurenti
Deputy Chief Economist and Managing Director

Adolfo Laurenti, deputy senior economist and Managing Director at Mesirow Financial, develops ongoing economic research and commentary critical to supporting clients and contacts of Mesirow Financial. Adolfo authors Themes on the Global Markets, a monthly newsletter providing insight into trends, issues and the forecast for the global economy. An expert in world economics and an engaging presenter, Adolfo Laurenti regularly speaks on current economic trends to professional groups and trade associations around the country. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and has become a new face in demand in the local media.

Prior to joining Mesirow Financial in July 2007, Adolfo served as associate economist at LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO. There, he was responsible for tracking economic trends in the banking sector.

Adolfo was an Earhart Foundation Fellow in 2002. He received a Washington Society of Investments Analysts Scholarship and a Graduate Scholarship for Excellence in Academia from the Economic Club of Washington D.C.

Adolfo is a graduate of Bocconi University Business School in Milan, Italy. He specialized in industrial organization as a visiting scholar at the Center for Industrial Economics in Copenhagen, Denmark, and concentrated in financial economics at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Adolfo earned his master's of arts degree in economics from George Mason University, where he also pursued doctoral studies.

Adolfo is an active member of the National Association for Business Economics and the Chicago Association for Business Economics. He is also chairman of the Bravo Club, the young professional board of the Chicago Opera Theater.