Professional Record
Founding Principal
QOSEINO
2026 - present
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founding Principal of QOSEINO, a private AI research and engineering firm bringing together leading scientists and engineers to solve complex problems in artificial intelligence and quantitative finance for select institutional clients. Responsible for the firm’s strategic direction, institutional client relationships, research and engineering mandate development, global talent recruitment, and strategic partnerships with AI infrastructure providers and research institutions.
Quantamental Strategist, Metals & Mining
VSQ
2022 - 2026
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Developing and applying a personal quantamental investment framework for listed metals and mining equities, with a focus on alpha research, security economics, and computational mining finance. The work spans company and asset analysis, capital-structure assessment, quantitative research, and the evaluation of risk-adjusted return opportunities.
Chief Investment Officer
Moskapital
2018 - 2022
Moscow, Russia
Served as Chief Investment Officer at Moskapital, a natural resources hedge fund with US$1.2 billion in assets under management. Led investment strategy, portfolio construction, capital allocation, security selection, and portfolio risk across quantitative mining equity investing in the CIS region and systematic high-frequency trading in global metals derivatives markets.
Historical fund performance
17.2% net annualized • 1.65 Sharpe ~4.3 years • peak AUM US$1.2bn
Advisor to the Non-executive Chairman
Goldman Sachs
2016 - 2018
Lisbon, Portugal
Advisor on geopolitical and security risk in relation to resource extraction markets, strategic capital allocation, and institutional expansion to José Manuel Barroso, Non-executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs International.
C-Suite Advisor
BlackRock
2014 - 2016
New York, United States
Advised a C-suite executive on geopolitical and security risk, transaction exposure, capital allocation, and institutional positioning across resource extraction markets. Executive name withheld under NDA.
Advisor to the President
Goldman Sachs
2012 - 2014
New York, United States
Advisor on geopolitical and security risk in relation to resource extraction markets, strategic capital allocation, and institutional expansion to Gary D. Cohn, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group.
Founder & Managing Partner
VANSKYE & Cie.
2003 - 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
Founder and Managing Partner of VANSKYE & CIE., a geopolitical strategy advisory focused on natural resources, structured finance, and capital allocation across frontier and complex markets. Advised resource companies, financial institutions, strategic investors, and capital providers on political and security risk, sovereign policy, market entry, transaction diligence, partnership structuring, and institutional positioning across mining,
Education
Doctor of Business Administration - DBA, Finance
University of Southampton
2007 - 2011
Southampton, United Kingdom
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Southampton
2004 - 2006
Southampton. United Kingdom
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
University of Hamburg
1999 - 2003
Hamburg, Germany