Yasanji Ratnaike

Director, Portfolio Strategy @ Archon Tech

About

Portfolio Strategy | Capital Allocation, Risk & Liquidity Frameworks | Markets experience across J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley spanning capital optimisation, balance sheet analytics, quantitative strategy and institutional risk frameworksPhD Economics | CFA Level II Candidate

Country

United Kingdom

City

London

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Data Analysis, Product Development, Equities, Statistics, Equity Derivatives, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), R (Programming Language), Statistical Data Analysis, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Data Science, Tableau, Plotly, SQL, Derivatives

Experience

Director, Portfolio Strategy

Archon Tech

2026-5 - Present · 4 mos

London Area, United Kingdom

Developing institutional-grade capital allocation, liquidity and risk frameworks for digital asset infrastructure and AI-enabled financial systems. Translating financial resource management methodologies into portfolio construction, capital efficiency and systemic risk models across digital asset ecosystems. Partnering with engineering, data science and quantitative research teams to build allocation intelligence, liquidity optimisation and decision-support frameworks.

Advisory Board Member, Accounting & Finance

University of Leeds

2026-5 - Present · 4 mos

Member of the Departmental Advisory Board for Accounting & Finance at Leeds University Business School, supporting engagement between academia and industry.

VP, Financial Resource Management

J.P. Morgan

2024-7 - 2026-5 · 1 yr 11 mos

London Area, United Kingdom

Markets Portfolio Management | Financial Resource Management supporting Markets businesses across capital, liquidity and balance sheet analytics, with a focus on capital optimisation and stress testing.

VP, Equities Desk Strategist

Morgan Stanley

2020-1 - 2024-7 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Greater London

Equities Desk Strategist supporting Delta One and Securities Lending businesses across pricing analytics, risk management tooling, revenue optimisation and strategic initiatives.

Associate, Equities Desk Strategist

Morgan Stanley

2018-1 - 2020-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

London Area, United Kingdom

Associate, Credit Risk Methodoloy

Morgan Stanley

2016-1 - 2018-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Budapest, Hungary

Developed Probability of Default (PD) models across structured products including RMBS, CMBS and Auto Loans, supporting model development, governance and validation activities with Risk, Model Review and Audit teams.

Associate, Credit Risk Management MO

Morgan Stanley

2015-6 - 2015-12 · 7 mos

Budapest, Hungary

Worked with Credit Officers to support risk reporting and exposure analysis, including counterparty exposure monitoring and management reporting.

Finance Analyst

Citi

2013-5 - 2015-6 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Budapest, Hungary

Structured Products Controller supporting the Medium Term Notes (MTN) trading desk through revenue verification, reporting and control activities. Produced management reports and supported onboarding and training of junior analysts.

Lecturer in Economics

University of Leeds

2009-8 - 2011-9 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Leeds

Lecturer and Module Lead teaching Intermediate Macroeconomics, Economics for Engineers and Industrial Economics. Responsibilities included teaching, workshops, examinations, module development and thesis supervision.

P&L and Risk Control

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2008-9 - 2008-12 · 4 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

Liaised with traders to produce daily trading summary reports. Highlighted desk FX exposures / risk

Finance Internship

UBS

2007-2 - 2007-4 · 3 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

Prepared client pitch books for senior management on profitable bank products based on broker reviews

Education

University of Leeds

Economics

"A supply and demand side analysis of the links between trade policy, trade performance, factor income distribution and economic growth." http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530822