Leadership
Committed to excellence — focused on your success
Sanjay Misra
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Ph.D. in Finance (EDHEC), B.Tech (IIT Kanpur), CFA, FRM
19 years at BlackRock managing index and quantitative strategies
Most recently led the design and implementation of algorithm-powered fund management for BlackRock’s $5 trillion equity platform

Atul Rawat
CTO
B.Tech (IIT Kanpur)
22 years at Cisco leading major initiatives, including cloud-native software development for on-prem and SaaS products
Most recently led the design and implementation of cloud network assurance and observability solutions
Ludovic Breger
Head of Quant
Ph.D. in Geophysics (UC Berkeley)
Former Managing Director at BlackRock, where he built the firm’s self-indexing business from the ground up, focusing on fixed income and multi-asset capabilities
Former Global Head of Fixed Income Research at MSCI
Sanjay Bhatikar
Head of AI
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (University of Colorado)
Former Digital Innovation Lead at Bayer Crop Science, optimizing the R&D pipeline through deep learning, computer vision, and operations research
Over a decade of experience as an AI expert specializing in deploying advanced AI and machine learning solutions

Clinton Watkins
Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Empirical Finance (University of Western Australia)
Former strategist and researcher for BlackRock’s multi-asset global macro hedge fund, active currency funds, and emerging markets macro hedge fund
Professor at Akita International University in Japan, with numerous publications on asset pricing, market microstructure, and financial econometrics
Chris Yost-Bremm
Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Finance (Texas A&M University)
Former quantitative researcher for BlackRock’s multi-asset emerging market active funds
Associate Professor of Finance at San Francisco State University, with numerous publications on risk premiums, asset pricing, real assets, return predictability, and forecasting
Noriko Usami
Head of UX
Master in Information Management and Systems (UC Berkeley)
Conducted various UX design and research for clients including Google
Former Country Officer at Japan Bank for International Cooperation, managing loan formulation for over $100 million dollar projects
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