Meet Daemon and our team of specialists.

After a distinguished career at Itaú-Unibanco and BankBoston, he founded Daemon in 2009 with the goal of building a company focused on innovative financial products driven by cutting-edge technology. In addition to closely overseeing all areas of the company’s operations, he is also a guest researcher at the Laboratory of Energetics and Theoretical Physiology at the University of São Paulo (USP). He holds a PhD and postdoctoral degree from USP, an MBA from the Trium Program (NYU Stern, LSE, and HEC Paris), a postgraduate degree in Applied Mathematics, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from PUC-SP.

With over 30 years of experience in the financial market — primarily focused on structuring export finance transactions — he is one of the professionals leading the Export Finance division at Daemon Investments. He has previously worked at Itaú-Unibanco, BankBoston, and Banco do Brasil.

Ravi Chander is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Daemon Investments, bringing over 35 years of experience in technology and two decades in the hedge fund industry, with a focus on quantitative strategies and systematic trading. He previously held leadership roles at Ascendance Asset Management, CaaS Capital, and Signition, where he co-managed a global systematic fund. Prior to that, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Moon Capital and was a senior software architect at JP Morgan. His earlier career includes technology R&D roles at NYNEX, Tivoli/IBM, and Sprint. Ravi holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Osmania University in India.

Shane has managed systematic trading strategies across global equity, futures, and cryptocurrency markets for over twenty years.  Prior to joining Daemon Investments, he was a founding principal of AlphaLab Modulus where he launched an institutional-grade hedge fund to trade a machine learning based statistical arbitrage strategy in cryptocurrencies. Previously, he was a founding principal of Signition LP which traded statistical arbitrage and market neutral strategies across global equity markets with an emphasis on emerging markets.  Prior to forming Signition, he managed systematic trading at Moon Capital.  Previously, he was co-head of Systematic Trading, a proprietary trading desk within Goldman Sachs, managing a portfolio of equities, currencies, and commodities. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was a partner at the AlphaSimplex Group, managing a quantitative global macro portfolio.  He holds a PhD from MIT in electrical engineering and completed the Financial Technology Option at the MIT Sloan School of Business.  He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in both electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of Kansas.

Ricardo joined Daemon Investments in 2020 to strengthen the M&A and Project Finance team. Active in the financial market since 2016, he holds a degree in Business Administration from FGV and is currently pursuing a Master's in Economics at the same institution. He previously worked at Echo Energia and A10 Investimentos.

Lawyer with experience in regulatory and banking law, he is responsible for the Human Resources and Legal areas at Daemon Investments. He also serves as a statutory officer registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and ANBIMA. He is a Professor of Administrative Law at the University of São Paulo Law School (USP). He holds a Livre-Docência and a PhD in Law from the same institution, and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Osnabrück, Germany.