He was born in 1963. Earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, a MS and PhD in Operations Research from M.I.T. Has an extensive career in financial services having worked in investment banking in London, starting his career at Salomon Brothers Intl, then Deutsche Bank AG and most recently at J.P. Morgan, as a Managing Director, CIO EMEA.

He has also extensive and successful experience in the alternative investment management business as a Partner and Investment Manager at Endeavour Capital LLP, a $3bn Fixed Income Relative Value Hedge Fund, at Element Capital Partners, a $18bn Global Macro Hedge Fund, and currently at Capula Investment Management, a $20bn Hedge fund specialising in Fixed Income Relative Value and Volatility Strategies. He is also a member of the M.I.T. Cooperation Development Committee, the Princeton Alumni Schools Committee (UK), and was a Principal and Co-Founder of the Hellenic Hope charity.