Catherine Y. Zhai

Catherine Y. Zhai serves as Vice President of Strategic Investments at Citi Markets, focusing on strategic investments in B2B fintech and enterprise SaaS since August 2017. Catherine's roles at Citi have included leading the SPRINT initiative, which incubates innovative fintech solutions relevant to fixed income markets, and managing strategic projects within the Markets Accelerator, enhancing trading capabilities through advanced technologies like AI and NLP. Previous positions within Citi included Associate in Markets Accelerator, Analyst in Strategic Equity Solutions, and Markets Analyst, with a foundation from a Global Markets Summer Analyst internship. Catherine holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with minors in Finance and Economics from McGill University.