Dr. Ana Cukic is a fund manager, a Board Advisor and a FinTech entrepreneur. Dr. Cukic- led the portfolio construction at UBS Wealth Management with a discretionary mandate of Eur 5-40bn and the multi-asset group at Insight Investment, Bank of America. She has a doctorate degree in Financial Economics from Imperial College, London and frequently appears in the media as an investment expert on Bloomberg, BBC, CNN, CNBC.  Ana was a non-executive Board Director of Standard Life Aberdeen from 2005-2015 where she engaged in frequent due diligence trips with Companies, Governments and Sovereign Wealth Funds in Asia.
Harvard Business School used Ana for their case study: “How Star Women Succeed”.  She won numerous fund management awards and was included in Power 100 Women celebrating the Square Mile most inspirational women among other Women in Finance and Hedge Fund Awards. Ana recently joined the Advisory Board of Imperial College Business School.
 
Career History
 
Imperial College – Business School – Advisory Board Member
2019 – Present
 
FinTech – AIM - Cube  – Founding Partner

1. – Present

 - Endorsed by the Investment Association as one of the top 5 FinTech Projects in the UK  
-  Teamed up with leading experts in Machine Learning and Explainable AI to develop a range of outperforming trading strategies 
 - Developed a platform for efficient execution of Investment Strategies
 
Baptist University of Hong Kong - Advisory Board for FinTech and Finance
2019 – Present

• Teaching AI in Portfolio Management (staring in 2020)
• AI applications to big data as Econometric Analysis can’t capture inefficiencies of the liquid assets in the context of big data
• The Course will enhance traditional portfolio management with new ways of Data Analysis and prepare students for the Next Generation of Portfolio Managers

 
AIM – Founding Partner  
2009- 2017
- Portfolio Manager - Quantitative Global Macro Fund
- Won many awards for best CTA
- Raised £2bn AUM
- Built house strategies and expert sourcing of momentum, value, low volatility, carry, trend following etc. systematic trading strategies across equities, rates, currencies, commodities and volatility
- Ran cross-asset alternative risk premia and CTA-style strategies in a multi-asset, multi-strategy context with a regime detection and valuation overlays for timing

Standard Life Aberdeen – Non Executive Director, Aberdeen Asian Income Fund
2005 – 2015
- Responsible for Corporate Governance 
- Met and performed Due Diligence on over Top 500 of CEOs, CFOs, CIOs of largest Asian Companies
- Member of the Audit Committee
-Meet numerous policy makers, SWFs and government members in Asia during an exciting time of the booming Asian growth and development  
 
Bank of America (Insight Investment) – Co-Head of Multi Asset Business
2003 – 2009
- Developed tactical asset allocation models for a range of multi asset class funds which led to the creation of the Diversified family of funds

• Run portfolio optimization, portfolio construction, risk management

- Co-Managed a range of portfolios which have delivered significant outperformance vs traditional benchmarks and vs peers
- A rated by OBSR, AA and A S&P, A Citywire
 
UBS AG – Head of Portfolio Construction
2000 - 2003
- Responsible for portfolio construction and risk management of EUR £5bn in managed accounts programmes
- Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation
- Developed and refined an investment and manager selection process across various strategies 
- Co-Managed a range of strategies which consistently beat benchmarks
 
Education
Imperial College, London – PhD (Distinction), MBA
“Forecasting of Financial Markets – Co-Integration Approach”