Our Team

Carolina is CEO of Arabesque AI* and is passionate about bringing technology and innovation to the field of sustainable investments. She has a quantitative background and deep experience serving premier asset management and financial services companies. She is an expert in customised solution investing, including achieving net-zero priorities; creating impactful (SDG-aligned) strategies; and combining quant and fundamental approaches to deliver more efficiently constructed customised portfolios.

A member of several external boards/advisory councils, recipient of many awards, and fluent in Italian, French and English, Carolina has a PhD in Finance from the London Business School, an MBA in Finance from the Université Catholique De Louvain, a BSc in Economics from Université Libre De Bruxelles, and completed an executive course at Harvard Business School. Her interests include modern art, architecture, theatre, skiing, sailing, tennis and rowing.

Prior Positions

• Global Head of Product, Marketing, Solutions and Quant, Schroders PLC
• Deputy CIO and Global Head of Solutions, Lombard Odier IM
• Equity & Private Investor Solutions, Citi
• Managing Director, Quantitative Investment Strategies, Goldman Sachs AM
• Strategic Investment Advisory Group, JP Morgan

*Subject to regulatory approval

Yasin Rosowsky is co-CEO of Arabesque AI. Previously, Yasin headed up AI Research at Arabesque Asset Management before he and his team were spun out to form Arabesque AI. Yasin’s research interests are in distributed intelligence and holds a PhD from University College London on the topic of machine learning applied to financial forecasting. Besides trying to maximise his machine learning accuracy, he is also trying to maximise his shooting accuracy in Call of Duty.

"In the pursuit of Knowledge does one find Truth"

Qasim is co-CEO of Arabesque AI. He is responsible for high performance computing and applications of financial modelling. Qasim is a 2013 alumnus of the United Kingdom`s Doctoral Training Centre in Financial Computing and Analytics.

Further Positions

• Honorary Research Associate/Lecturer, University College London

Prior Positions

• Academic Researcher, BNP Paribas
• MEng, MRes, PhD, University College London
• Visiting PhD Student, National University of Singapore
• Intern, Deutsche Bank
• Intern, UBS

"Broad research is built on the finer details"

Tim is CPO of Arabesque AI. He leads the strategic direction and execution of AAI’s product roadmap, developing and scaling its AI-driven investment platform in line with evolving client needs. Tim brings more than a decade of experience in product management and strategy consulting, where he has specialised building and scaling new ventures within the financial services, telecommunications and technology sectors.

Tim is a strong advocate of customer-centric product development, and believes that great product design should always start with the customer and work backwards. He is passionate about uncovering unmet needs and pain points and designing propositions that genuinely delight customers through tangible results and real-world benefits.

Prior Positions

• Product Manager, Finbourne Technology
• Senior Product Manager, Amazon Prime
• Innovation & Strategy Consulting, Inzenka
• Financial Services Consulting, Capco
• Strategy Consulting, McKinsey & Company
• International Mobility Consulting, Price Waterhouse Coopers London

Hans-Robert is a founding Partner of Arabesque Asset Management, where he is responsible for Quantitative Research. The main focus of his group is the development and improvement of performance generating signals and risk management systems. His expertise lies in the combination of advanced mathematics, informatics and financial markets.

Prior Positions

• Financial institutions Structuring, Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank, Frankfurt
• Financial Institutions Solutions, Barclays Capital, London
• Research Assistant, University Rostock

"Mathematics and advanced algorithms are the core of most modern innovations"

Gabriel is a Partner at Arabesque, primarily responsible for client services globally. Gabriel is also actively contributing to Arabesque`s ESG research efforts focusing on thought leadership and integration topics. Most recently, Gabriel was a partner at KKS Advisors where he was assisting institutional investors on integrating sustainability measures into their capital allocation process. His work has received significant attention in media outlets including the Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. Gabriel holds a degree in Physics and an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance.

Prior Positions

• Co-founder & Partner, KKS Advisors London
• Enterprise Risk Management, Barclays Capital London
• Performance Improvement Consulting, Price Waterhouse Coopers London
• Risk Solutions Group, Lehman Brothers London

"We shake the ladder very well, before climbing on it"

Nikos works in the Quantitative Research department and in particular in the research and development of Arabesque’s Artificial Intelligence engine. He also works in the AI R&D of Arabesque S-Ray®. Nikos holds a DPHil from University of Oxford (Magdalen).

"What I cannot create, I do not understand. - R.P. Feynman"

Frank heads the Investment Solutions group at Arabesque AI, working with clients to develop bespoke portfolio strategies with unique sustainability objectives. His 18 years of experience working with quantitative equities has focused on building systematic strategies, factor investing/risk premia, portfolio optimisation, and factor risk modelling. In recent years his work has shifted towards applying traditional quantitative techniques to constructing ESG, climate, and SDG-aligned portfolios, ultimately leading to him joining Arabesque.

He has co-authored a number of patented risk modelling and optimisation methodologies and has presented quant equity research topics at events around the world. Frank received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and his master’s degree in finance and economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His interests include cats, cats, and cats, and is working on publishing a travel photography book about islands in rural Japan populated exclusively by large numbers of feline inhabitants.

Prior positions

• Factor/Quantitative Index Product R&D, Qontigo
• Index Solutions, Axioma
• Risk and Quantitative Analysis, BlackRock
• Data Content Production, MSCI Barra