Asheesh ChandaFounder

Singapore - Singapore

Asheesh Chanda is post graduate from IIM Bangalore Batch of 2002 and a Computer Science Engineer from IIT Delhi Batch of 2000. With over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, he is a licensed Responsible Officer and CEO of Kristal.AI, a Digital-First Private Wealth platform for both accredited and retail investors.

Prior to founding Kristal.AI, Asheesh headed fixed income and currency solutions for JPMorgan in South and Southeast Asia for 8 years and served as the Vice President for institutional sales and structuring at BNP Paribas for 3 years.

From 2014 - 2016, he worked with the CEO of KrisCapital, a Singapore based global macro hedge fund. At KrisCapital, he managed investments across multiple asset classes and programmed trading strategies that are systematic and algorithmic in nature, optimising sharpe ratios and minimising drawdowns.

While Asheesh spends a substantial part of his time in understanding and trading financial markets, he is also a python programmer and a quasi techie at heart, having held several accomplishments during his studies including All India Rank 51 in IIT Entrance 1996 and is also an Indian National Math Olympiad scholar as well as Indian Physics Olympiad scholar.

About Kristal
Kristal.AI is a Digital-First Private Wealth platform giving investors access to tailor-made sophisticated investment products and curated portfolios from the world's top Portfolio Managers. Additionally, Kristal's proprietary algorithm helps you choose the best investment strategies to meet your financial needs.

Licensed in 3 countries, Kristal.AI is now present in Singapore (MAS), Hong Kong (Type 4 & Type 9), and India (SEBI - RIA).