Cristian Arenas

Cristian Arenas is a Senior Investment Data & AI Engineer at FEG, where he serves as part of the portfolio management team supporting multi-asset investment strategies across the firm's OCIO platform. In this role, he contributes to portfolio construction, implementation, and ongoing portfolio surveillance, while building customized tools that support portfolio management, quantitative analytics, and risk management.

Cristian brings 6 years of institutional investment experience across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, pairing hands-on portfolio management with a background in AI and machine learning engineering. Prior to joining FEG, he managed a family office portfolio at a Zurich-based firm, spanning public and private markets with meaningful private equity and co-investment exposure, where he also began building data and machine learning tools to support the investment process. Earlier, he supported UHNW and institutional client portfolios within Citi's Wealth Management and Private Banking division. His background spans both traditional and private markets, with depth across alternatives and AI/ML engineering. This blend of investment and engineering experience defines Cristian's work today.

He holds a BS in Finance and Banking and is completing an MS in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at the University of Colorado Boulder. He also holds the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) from the CFI (Corporate Finance Institute) and a Private Equity Certificate from the CFA Institute.