J. Aikman

Jon is a portfolio manager with an alternative investment asset management firm.  He is also a lecturer in Finance and has taught courses on hedge funds and broker-dealers, derivatives and corporate finance. He is also a charted investment manager, and has run alternative investment funds and other alternative investment platforms.

He is a qualified lawyer in Canada and solicitor on the Roll in England and Wales, a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He also sits on the investment committee of  University endowment and pension fund, and was a member of a working group on financial stability and systemic risk with the Federal Reserve.

Jon was Vice-President and Counsel for Citigroup in London, U.K., and has advised and represented leading asset managers and banks globally. He holds an MBA from Oxford University and a law degree from Queen's University, a Master's in Philosophy, and several  advanced certificates on fintech, AI and deep learning.