Yana Keresteliev

Yana Keresteliev, CFA is head of quantitative investment strategies institutional sales and origination at Citigroup, responsible for the marketing of systematic multi-asset derivatives solutions to institutional clients in the Americas. Prior to joining Citi, Yana was an executive director in global equity derivatives at UBS, in charge of the QIS institutional client franchise in the Americas. Prior to that, Yana served as a vice president and senior research analyst on the commodities teams at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Credit Suisse Asset Management, where she designed structured commodity baskets and relative value trades for institutional investors to monetize various risk premia as well as express tactical views to drive the implementations of the funds’ strategies.

Yana started her career in structured credit at Morgan Stanley and Taberna Capital, where she was involved in the development of innovative multi-tranche secured debt financings in the airline and real estate sectors. She was also responsible for the origination, execution and marketing of enhanced equipment trust certificates and collateralized debt obligation transactions. Yana holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, cum laude, in operations research and financial engineering from Princeton University and is a CFA charterholder.