Primary Job Title Founder and CEO Primary Organization 7 Chord
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Female
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17 years of successful career in credit trading and risk. Prior to co-founding 7 Chord, Kristina worked at Blackrock, where she advised senior executives on risk trends resulting from market structure changes, in particular central clearing. She represented the firm on the CME CE Risk Committee and various industry forums. At JP Morgan she gained
an invaluable business management experience as a key member of an award-winning derivatives clearing team that built a brand new fintech business. She spent the first 9 years of her career at Bear, Stearns and Scotia Capital in credit derivatives trading and structuring. She was initially hired by Bear, Stearns as part of the formal credit training program run by the counterparty credit department. Her very first project was related to the immediate aftermath of the near collapse of the Long-Term Capital Management. BA in Economics from NYU and MS in Finance from LSE.

