Aurora Schwarz

Aurora Schwarz has extensive work experience in the financial industry. Aurora is currently working as the Strategic Partnerships Director at Wintermute, a global algorithmic trading firm specializing in digital assets. Their role involves creating liquid and efficient markets on various trading platforms.

Prior to joining Wintermute, Aurora worked at Citi for four years as a Vice President, where they provided advisory services for ultra-high net worth individuals and sophisticated family offices. Aurora also handled the execution of capital markets transactions across multiple asset classes.

Aurora holds an Executive MBA from the London Business School, which they completed between 2015 and 2016. Before that, they founded and served as the Executive Director of IPILYA, an e-commerce company, from 2011 to 2016.

Their earlier experiences include working as a Euro Interest Rate Swaps Broker at ICAP from 2003 to 2011 and as part of the Institutional Equities and Derivative Desk at Citi from 2001 to 2003. Aurora began their career at ASX, where they worked as a Technical Support specialist from 2000 to 2001.

Aurora Schwarz pursued their education at the University of Western Sydney from 1997 to 2000, where they earned a Bachelor of Economics degree with a specialization in Banking and Finance. Later, in 2015-2016, they attended the London Business School to obtain a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) through the Executive MBA program. Their field of study during their MBA was Business Administration and Management, with a general focus.