Amit Sinha

Chief Technology and Risk Officer at CLST

Amit Sinha started their work experience in 2000 as a Software Engineer at Lucent Technologies. From 2003 to 2006, they worked at Goldman Sachs as a Senior Software Analyst. In 2007, they held a Summer Associate position in Structured Product Trading at HSBC. Amit then joined HSBC full-time in 2008 and held various trading roles, including Trader Latam rates, Trader XVA and counterparty risk, and Trader credit eTrading. In 2022, they moved to Abra, where they established the Head OTC Trading desk and managed legal agreements, business strategy, and infrastructure development. Currently, they are working as the Chief Technology and Risk Officer at CLST, where they focus on risk management, capital efficiency, marketplace transparency, and regulatory compliance.

Amit Sinha holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Financial Instruments from NYU Stern School of Business, which they completed from 2006 to 2008. Amit also has a B.Tech degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, which they obtained from 1996 to 2000. Amit further pursued a Postgraduate Degree in Machine Learning from the Texas McCombs School of Business in 2020. In terms of certifications, they have completed various courses including "Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization," "Customising your models with TensorFlow 2," "Machine Learning," and "Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization" through Coursera. Additionally, Amit obtained certifications for Series 63 and Series 7 from FINRA, although the specific dates are not provided.

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  • Chief Technology and Risk Officer

    March, 2023 - present