Derivatives structuring and trading for 15+ years. Previously portfolio manager at Whard Stewart, a macro hedge fund. Held senior roles at investment banks, Credit Suisse and most recently Nomura. Associate member of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. MSc in Financial Mathematics at University of Warwick; MEng in Chemical Engineering at University College London.
25+ years experience as a developer, architect, and software engineering leader, most recently as the Head of Application Development for the Risk Manager product suite at MSCI. Head of Development for Locus, Credit Suisse’s pre-trade analytics platform. Developer at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Microsoft. US Army veteran, having served 6 years primarily in the 82nd Airborne Division.
Lecturer at Imperial College Business School on blockchain, and author of several academic papers and book chapters. Head of Investment Research at Silver 8 Capital, one of the earliest and largest hedge funds in the cryptoasset space. Previously worked as a derivatives lawyer in a leading London law firm; Completing a PhD in Computer Science at Imperial College; MSc in Law and Finance from Oxford; LLB from King’s College.
Graduated from Imperial College London with an MSc in Mathematics and Statistics, including a strong foundation in Probability Theory and Stochastic Analysis. He has extensive academic research experience as the author of published academic papers, and has developed a talent for communicating complex ideas.
5+ years at Bloomberg in Trading & Analytics, and Goldman Sachs in Investment Banking. Passionate builder, effective collaborator & lifelong learner. First Class Honors Bsc Computer Science from King's College London.
11+ years of experience in software architecture and development. Led e-commerce application in loyalty domain for airlines. Hands-on experience in coding and architecture for product based companies. Seasoned lead developer with a proven track record of complete customer satisfaction. Graduate and class topper in Computer Engineering.
Graduated from University of Southampton with an MEng in Electronic Engineering with Artificial Intelligence. While studying, he developed an interest in cryptocurrency and has completed substantive research in on-chain analytics. He maintains a high level of technical understanding of the cryptocurrency space and a consistent enthusiasm on extracting insight from on-chain data.
4+ years at Bloomberg in Fixed Income, and at a startup leading the infrastructure development of high frequency crypto trading strategies. Graduated from Imperial College London with an MEng in Electronic and Information Engineering.
5+ years as a Full Stack Engineer previously developing Quant infrastructure for hedge funds. Previously working on software specialising in a data-rich progressive web application. His expertise in both front-end and back-end development allows him to craft user-friendly, data-centric solutions that provide powerful insights for our users. Graduated with a First class honours BSc in Mathematics.
Mike Stewart has over 25 years experience in Trading andInvestment. He started his career at JPMorgan, where hebuilt their European Emerging Markets franchise; went onto run the Global Emerging Markets business andsubsequently the bank’s Proprietary Trading. He then setup and ran WHARD Stewart, a macro hedge fund, for sevenyears. He now divides his time between investing,consulting and volunteering.
Managing Partner at Protos Asset Management, a longstanding cryptoasset hedge fund with a focus onquantitative styles and DeFi investments.
Lecturer on finance and trading at ETH Zurich