Chris has more than 30 years of professional experiences in investment banking and investment management. Currently, he is senior partner at FAA Investments (Farron, Augustine & Alexander LLC) and an executive coach & mentor at The ExCo Leadership Group. Previously, he worked at large global financial institutions including Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Investment Bank and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. With a passion of applying engineering methods to solving financial markets problems and providing long-term societal benefits to our global community, Chris is teaching (part-time) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as an associate professor of science practice in financial mathematics. Chris received his BS in mechanical engineering and MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed the advanced management program (AMP178) at Harvard Business School and obtained an ALM Degree in international relations (US-China economic relations) from Harvard Extension School. Currently, he also serves as Vice Chairman of Salzburg Global.