Ms. Katina Stefanova is the Founder, CEO and CIO of Marto Capital, a global, systematic absolute return strategy that trades in many diversified markets including FX, rates, equities and commodities. She frequently speaks at many conferences and events across the globe on topics including investing, technology, and entrepreneurship and is a thought leader on disruption in the asset management industry. Prior to founding Marto Capital, Katina spent over 9 years at Bridgewater Associates as a Senior Executive. She began her career there as a Senior Investment Associate. She then became a Management Committee Advisor, where she held leadership roles overseeing various areas of the firm. Prior to Bridgewater, she was a senior leader in the financial services and technology space, including serving as a Director of Business Strategy at IBM. She is also the co-founder of AcordIQ, which delivers state of the art portfolio intelligence and governance solutions with expert consulting services to asset managers and institutional investors. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University.

Katina’s reasons for serve Bulgaria’s orphans are self-evident: “I have been blessed and I want to make a difference to those that need help in my home country. I am concerned about the level of inequality in the world today, which puts a lot of responsibility on corporations, in addition to the government to take an active role in addressing that problem.

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