Co-Founder and CEO, 7 Chord Kristina Fan is a co-founder and CEO of 7 Chord. Prior to 7 Chord, Kristina was a market structure specialist at BlackRock and JP Morgan. She represented BlackRock at the CME Risk Co, other industry forums. She started her 20-year career at Bear, Stearns in credit derivatives trading. BA in Economics from NYU, MSc in Finance from LSE. Markets Choice Awards: Women in Finance 2017. Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars, Class of 2017.
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