IHSAN QUANTITATIVE / OUR TEAM

Experience where
it matters.

Specialists in institutional market data, fixed income, capital-markets infrastructure, investment management and financial technology.

OUR PEOPLE GLOBAL MARKETS · INVESTMENT EXPERTISE · TECHNOLOGY

Experience that
stands behind the work.

IQ brings together professionals with extensive experience in institutional finance, fixed-income markets, financial technology, digital assets, and secure infrastructure.

KS
FOUNDER & CEO

Khem Sattaur

With more than 17 years at BNY, Khem led market data supporting the largest U.S. tri-party repo program during and after the 2008 financial crisis. His experience includes securities evaluations, collateral valuation and market-data quality at a time when defensible prices and reliable information were critical to major financial institutions.

He worked closely with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on market-data and benchmark initiatives supporting greater transparency and insight in U.S. funding markets. He also managed AI/ML predictors and indicators for global markets, helped introduce Shari’ah-compliant indices into tri-party repo, and worked to ensure that sukuk could be fully supported in global tri-party infrastructure.

He also led important companywide digital transformation initiatives across market-data and financial-technology functions.

KA
CO-FOUNDER · CLIENT & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Khalid Almannai

Qatari commercial leader with deep regional relationships and business-development experience at Teyseer Group. His background combines finance, entrepreneurship and institutional engagement.

Studied Islamic and sustainable finance at HBKU and finance and entrepreneurship at Qatar University.

MK
CO-FOUNDER · DIGITAL ASSETS

Mohideen Abdul Khader

Executive Director at Transcend with expertise in digital assets, blockchain, collateral management and capital-markets infrastructure. Previously developed large-scale collateral optimization capabilities at BNY.

Brings specialist experience spanning institutional operations, financial technology and evolving digital-asset markets.

SW
CO-FOUNDER · PEOPLE & LEARNING

Dr Salma Waly

Educator and EdTech leader with experience across the United States and the Gulf. Her background encompasses teaching, educational leadership, people operations and organizational development.

At IQ, she is responsible for people and learning, supporting a high-performing, multidisciplinary team.

JP
COMMERCIAL, SALES & MARKETING

JP Donleavy

Former Managing Director at BNY with nearly 19 years of experience across New York and Dublin. Led major institutional initiatives, including an early multi-agent AI capability deployed into production.

Combines financial-industry leadership, product commercialization and experience delivering work under demanding regulatory standards.

ZE
FOUNDING ENGINEER · PLATFORM & AI

Zeina El Mofty

Software engineer specializing in backend systems, AI-enabled platforms and data infrastructure. Her experience includes backend services, AI-platform analytics and automated workflows.

Computer Engineering graduate with honors, with further machine-learning training through Stanford Online and DeepLearning.AI.

MJ
FRACTIONAL CTO · SECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE

Mohamed Juned

Technology and security leader with more than 20 years of experience in secure IT infrastructure. Former Senior System Engineer at Lockheed Martin, where he led an engineering team.

Has designed secure networks and data-center infrastructure in the US and Saudi Arabia; credentials include PMP, CompTIA Security+, Cisco CCNP and Microsoft Azure certification.

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