Our Mission
To cross the divide between applied AI, data science and finance and to help asset allocators to embrace the new paradigm
Our Story
Based in Australasia, we are a compact high-performance team of experienced finance and data science professionals and academics dedicated to solving challenges faced by asset allocators. At the same time, we have skin-in-the-game running our boutique multi-asset quantitative trading firm & proprietary InvestmentTech AI Platform delivering powerful sustainability driven insights that empower rapid, effective decision making and unify fragmented operations in capital markets, asset and fund management
Juraj Hric
MBA, LLM, BCom(Hons)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Technologist, quant trader and investor on a mission to cross the divide between applied AI, data science and finance and to help asset allocators to embrace the new digital paradigm. Juraj has over two decades of proven practical experience in global markets building and utilizing trading and risk platforms with deep understanding of multi-asset management, quant trading, hedging and structuring and is a strong proponent of digital technology driven solutions in this space.
John Gould
PhD, BEng, BCom(Hons)
Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
Finance Assistant Professor with over two decades of research experience focused in the area of quantitative finance, market risk, asset mispricing and anomalies, market microstructure, behavioural finance, quant trading and financial product structuring. His work has been published extensively in leading research journals. Applying deep learning, AI methodologies and advanced econometrics techniques in banking and finance domains.
Ethan Yichen Liu
BCom(Hons)
Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Ethan has over 15 years of experience in data and analytics, planning, project management, digital transformation, strategy development, process improvement and business analysis in supply chain, sales, service operation and finance domains. Leveraging the use of data, Ethan has a proven record of reaching analytics, process and system solutions to strategic and operational problems in automotive, capital equipment, fast-moving consumer goods, financial and mining industries. Having led diverse teams across different sectors, his strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to influence senior leaders allow him to deliver measurable improvements.
Joey Wenling Yang
PhD, MBus, BEcon
Principal Advisor
Distinguished researcher in the Australian finance academic community, with expertise spanning market microstructure, investment management, exchange-traded funds, crypto-currency markets, and corporate social responsibility. Her work has been published extensively in leading research journals, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Empirical Finance, European Financial Management, among others. Beyond her research, she serves as a guest editor for journal special issues and sits on the editorial boards of multiple journals. Drawing on her prior industry experience with Citi Group, ABN AMRO and CSFB, she also provides advisory support to FinTech companies.
Ira Dhalawong
MBA, MS, BEng
Advisor
Tech executive with extensive experience leading large scale Digital transformation programmes. A recognised Distinguished Engineer with extensive digital product development experience, responsible for launching award-winning web, eCommerce, mobile, and tablet solutions across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas
Venkatesh Paditham
MBA, BEng, MAICD
Advisor
Results oriented ICT Executive and an EMBA graduate from world’s number one business school with over 20 years of Oracle ERP experience delivering Finance and Technology Transformation, Program/Project Management, Vendor selection, Change Management, Target Operating Model and Advisory Services to the public and private sectors.
