OUR TEAM

Leadership

BASARA's leadership, blending top finance and tech expertise, drives innovation and excellence in digital asset management.

Professional headshot of Eunu Yi

Ph.D. in Financial Engineering. Renowned researcher in AI, blockchain technology, and post-quantum security with over a decade of hands-on experience founding and operating successful fintech startups. He directs BASARA's strategic expansion, leading the development of quantum-resistant cryptographic financial architectures and quantitative trading core engines.

Eunu Yi

Chief Executive Officer

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Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer. Expert in quantitative operations, high-frequency execution management, and institutional partnerships. Formerly senior operations director at major APAC investment banks and quantitative hedge funds. She leads BASARA's global business strategy and operational scaling.

Natsuko Takizawa

Chief Operating Officer / Managing Partner

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Chief Technology Officer. A veteran system architect specializing in ultra-low latency distributed transaction systems. Leveraging his extensive background in designing enterprise-grade fintech core trading engines, he oversees execution speed optimization and system fault tolerance.

Ajay Sharma

Chief Technology Officer / Core Systems

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Head of Quantitative Research. Expert in market microstructure modeling and machine learning-driven quantitative execution. He manages the design of BASARA's proprietary alpha generation pipelines and post-trade analytical frameworks to capture fleeting inefficiencies.

Lloyd Zhang

Head of Quantitative Research / Alpha Gen