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Leadership

Executive Committee
& Faculty Advisors.

The Executive Committee forms the core of the Investment Committee alongside the Directors (see Teams).

Executive Committee

Five seats. One mission.

Seat 02
Rafeh Kamal
Rafeh Kamal

Chief Operating Officer (COO) + Director of Operations

Seat 04
HC
Hung-Jui (Ryan) Chen

Chief Economist + US Economics Lead

Faculty Advisors

Oversight from Marshall faculty.

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Professor Shane Shepherd

Assistant Professor of Clinical Finance & Business Economics
Finance & Business Economics · USC Marshall

Academic Director of Marshall's MS in Finance program — ranked #1 globally by the Financial Times two years running. Research and teaching focus on investment management, quantitative investing, and portfolio construction.

Faculty Advisor — academic oversight, approves non-standard trades, and non-voting Investment Committee member.

Marshall faculty page ↗
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Professor Ayca Altintig

Associate Professor of Clinical Finance & Business Economics
Finance & Business Economics · USC Marshall

Teaches across personal and corporate finance, including The Power of Personal Finance alongside advanced financial analysis, valuation, and corporate financial strategy.

Faculty Advisor and co-lead of the Women-Led Initiative in Finance.

Marshall faculty page ↗
Full Roster

44 members

Founding cohort · 2025–2026
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NameTeamRoleLinkedIn
Allenvale DuanFixed IncomeInvestment Grade Credit Lead
Arnav DudejaEquity Sector LeadsCo-Energy + Utilities Lead
Chao-Hsun(Benny) TengAnalystsAnalyst
Chengyu HuoRisk ManagementPortfolio Risk Analytics Lead
Connor ChisickExecutive CommitteePresident + Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
David ElmanAnalystsAnalyst
Dylan MartlingEquity Sector LeadsHealthcare Lead
Elias GuzmanSupport FunctionsCo-Director of Capital Markets
Elvis KwongSupport FunctionsDirector of Communications & External Affairs
Guillermo Sanchez GarciaExecutive CommitteeChief Risk Officer (CRO)
Hao-Chen (Howard) ShiehEquity Sector LeadsMaterials + Real Estate Lead
Hsin-Fu (Shawn) ChenFixed IncomeFixed Income Analyst
Huei-Syuan (Shannon) HuangDirectorsDirector of Quantitative Strategies
Huiyu (Vivian) WeiAlternative InvestmentsCommodities & Crypto Lead + Financials Lead
Hung-Jui (Ryan) ChenExecutive CommitteeChief Economist + US Economics Lead
Ian MartinEquity Sector LeadsIndustrials Lead
Karthik KrishnaEconomics ResearchGlobal Economics Lead
Katherine TanQuantitative StrategiesCo-Portfolio Analytics & Risk Modeling Lead
Kuan-Wei (David) HuangExecutive CommitteeChief Technology Officer (CTO)
Maocheng ZuoFixed IncomeFixed Income Analyst
Mark HuberEquity Sector LeadsTechnology Lead
Mason WoodSupport FunctionsCo-Director of Capital Markets
Michael GarlandDirectorsCo-Director of Fixed Income
Mridul BhatlaEquity Sector LeadsCo-Energy Lead
Mrudula GurumaniEquity Sector LeadsConsumer Staples Lead
Nikhil ShahDirectorsDirector of Alternative Investments
Nikki WuRisk ManagementRisk Management Analyst
Nnamdi Chika-NwanjaEquity Sector LeadsConsumer Discretionary Lead
Prithvi (Pritu) AcharyaFixed IncomeHigh Yield & Structured Products Lead
Quynh-Ngau Tran DucFixed IncomeFixed Income Analyst
Rafeh KamalExecutive CommitteeChief Operating Officer (COO) + Director of Operations
Rishi SingalQuantitative StrategiesFactor Modeling + Private Markets & Hedge Fund Strategies Lead
Shreya ThakkarInternational EquitiesInternational Equities Lead
Siddharth SarideviDirectorsCo-Director of Fixed Income
Tanush SanghaiEconomics ResearchEconometrics Modeling & Forecasting Lead
Vaishnavi JadhavEconomics ResearchThematic Economics Lead
Vivek JayaramanRisk ManagementCompliance & Reporting Lead
Yang-En (Caleb) WangDirectorsDirector of Risk Management + Rates and Sovereign Debt Lead
Yanting (Christine) ZhaoEquity Sector LeadsCommunication Services Lead
Yinlin (Elaine) WangAnalystsAnalyst
Yiyang Li (Leon)Quantitative StrategiesCo-Portfolio Analytics & Risk Modeling Lead
Yufan ChiDirectorsDirector of Economics Research
Zi-Yu (Cameo) LuRisk ManagementMarket Risk & Stress Testing Lead
Ziyuan Hao (Lambert)DirectorsDirector of US + International Equities