Summary
Suminda Dharmasena is a Director of Quantitative Analysis with 12+ years blending finance, technology and product leadership across asset management, hedge funds and fintech ventures. He has built and scaled quantitative research, automated front-office reporting and trading analytics from scratch—most notably establishing the Quant Research function at Crédit Agricole Asset Management Saudi Fransi and driving automated portfolio reporting and synthetic hedging solutions in illiquid markets. As founder of Sakrio he develops quant and fintech products, advises UHNW clients, and has led high-frequency market-making and market-on-close imbalance research projects. Technically fluent across Java, C#, Python, R, Matlab and SQL, he bridges hands-on engineering with portfolio construction, transaction cost analysis and electronic trading expertise. Suminda’s background in computer architecture research and early work on digital-rights systems reveals a pattern of tackling complex systems where domain knowledge and engineering rigor intersect. He is seeking senior management and product development roles that leverage his mix of quantitative acumen, software craftsmanship and business development experience.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
AL, Maths, AL, Maths at Ananda College
B.Sc., Computing & Information Systems, B.Sc., Computing & Information Systems at University of London
P.G. Dip., Industrial Mathematics, P.G. Dip., Industrial Mathematics at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
English, Sinhalese