Curious individual with an investing and entrepreneurial mindset seeking to build enduring entities at the intersection of technology, finance and adjacent industries. Damien’s career arc as a currency options portfolio manager (JP Morgan) and CIO/Co-Founder of Ensemble Capital, a deep learning driven macro hedge fund gives him a practitioner’s comprehension of global markets and a keen understanding of risk in all its forms. Most recently the CEO of Matrix Asset Management, the Monetary Authority of Singapore regulated entity of Matrixport, a $1.5 billion digital assets financial services company. He built the algorithmic trading team and system and was a core team member in the strategic investments group which runs a credit portfolio and invests in synergistic companies.Proven track record of understanding a business and industry from scratch (founder of 1B4, a functional drink company) and self motivated to learn new concepts and technologies by experimentation.He graduated from Cornell with a degree in computer science and has professional experience across the US , UK, Japan and Singapore, as part of teams teams with diverse backgrounds.