Board of Directors

Nikola M. Andersson
SIM's Senior Vice President, Risk Management and Compliance, Previously, was Director, Electronic Trading for UBS in Tokyo, designing and selling the firm's in-house trading system for Japanese equities. Also worked with Bloomberg LP Trading Systems and in risk management at BZW London, leading the risk management handover of BZW Equities following its sale to Credit Suisse.

Charles S. Foster
SIM's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Accumulated over 17 years of experience in investment banking and structured finance, nine as Managing Director. Formerly at Barclay's Capital, was instrumental in building the firm's investment banking business in the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. Previously, held various positions with Citigroup, Citicorp Securities, and Citibank Canada.

Ziad Malek
Founder and Senior Managing Partner of Malek Partners LLC, a third-party marketing and strategic advisory firm specializing in investment product marketing to global financial institutions. Former President of MFS International, responsible for building the international business for the Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) mutual fund complex. Built the international structured note business at Putnam Investments. Accumulated more than 25 years of experience in investment management and investment banking.

Ramesh K. Menon
SIM's Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. Accumulated over 17 years of large-firm experience in equity derivatives and structured products, eight as Managing Director. Was instrumental in building and managing Citigroup's structured products business. Also held positions with Salomon Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns & Co., County Natwest Securities, and Kidder Peabody & Co.

Andrzej Rojek
A founding principal of Lydian Asset Management, leading the firm's business development and investor relations activities. Active in global equities since 1986, managed a broad range of equity-oriented operations including cash equity sales and trading, private equity and derivative products as Managing Director and Partner at Bankers Trust. While at Bankers Trust, served as global head of various groups including Equity Products, European Equity Derivatives, U.S Equity Derivatives, and Convertibles Products. Prior to that, was with the convertibles groups at Merrill Lynch and Cresvale Securities.