Career
18 years building conviction across institutions, markets, and mandates.
Managing Partner
Obsidian Capital Partners — Zurich / Hong Kong
Founded multi-strategy advisory and investment firm serving sovereign wealth funds, large pensions, and ultra-high-net-worth family offices. Oversees $12.7B in AUM across global macro, private credit, and infrastructure strategies. Built team of 34 investment professionals across two hubs. Secured 6 sovereign wealth fund mandates in first four years of operation.
Director, Strategic Allocations
Temasek Holdings — Singapore
Led strategic allocation decisions for $45B portfolio segment spanning developed and emerging markets. Designed the governance framework adopted across the allocations division. Pioneered the firm's systematic approach to macro regime classification, reducing drawdowns by 340bps during the 2018 correction. Managed team of 12 portfolio strategists.
Vice President, Global Macro
Goldman Sachs — London / New York
Principal trader and strategist within the global macro desk, managing a $2.8B book across rates, FX, and commodities. Generated consistent positive P&L across 14 of 16 quarters. Developed proprietary signal framework integrating central bank communication analysis with positioning data. Promoted from Associate to VP in 18 months — fastest in the division that year.
Portfolio Strategist
BlackRock — London
Multi-asset strategy role within the institutional client solutions group. Built allocation models for pension funds navigating the post-GFC environment. Authored the firm's framework for liability-driven investment in low-rate regimes. Served 15 institutional clients representing $180B in combined AUM.
Quantitative Analyst
UBS Asset Management — Zurich
Entry-level quantitative role developing factor models and risk attribution systems for the Swiss institutional equity desk. Built the prototype for what became the division's primary risk decomposition tool. First professional exposure to institutional-grade portfolio construction and risk management.