Ronald Santra

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Currently serving as CEO and CIO, Ronald has over 35 years of experience managing equity, options, and volatility strategies across multiple market cycles and environments.

Ronald began his career in 1985 as a listed options trader at O'Connor and Associates in Chicago. After a year at O'Connor, he joined Grace Brothers, where he served as Head Trader and Portfolio Manager for arbitrage strategies. In 1990, Ronald founded and managed a hedge fund primarily focused on convertible bond and volatility arbitrage strategies.

Following 15 years of successfully managing a series of hedge funds, Ronald established a family office in 2005, investing his own capital along with that of a select group of partners into alternative investment strategies.

In 2008, Ronald became CEO of Fox River Execution, an institutional brokerage firm based in Geneva, Illinois. Under his leadership, Fox River significantly expanded its client base, revenue, and profits within two years, culminating in its sale to SunGard in July 2010.

Since joining Carverston Investments in 2011, Ronald has provided consulting services to Woori Bank of Korea, SkyBridge Capital, and ED&F Man Capital Markets, delivering solutions for UIT sponsors and creating products in alternative investments, mutual funds, and execution services.

Ronald holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business.