Prior to joining Universa, Damir Delic was a Senior Vice President within the proprietary group of KBC Financial Products (the ex-subsidiary of D.E. Shaw), where he was responsible for structuring and distributing the risks of that firm’s insurance derivatives book, co-running relative value volatility strategies within its $1.5B hedge fund (AIM), and establishing and implementing in-house relative value arbitrage software and analytical parameters used in their strategies. He also worked as proprietary trader on KBC’s market making desk in both listed and exotic equity options, and was responsible for overseeing the funding of the New York branch of KBC Financial Products in US Treasuries and in US Equity swaps. Damir graduated from the University of Indianapolis, in affiliation with the University of Nicosia in Cyprus.