Supurna VedBrat
Supurna was appointed to the board in 2025. She has had a professional career spanning over 25 years of experience in both the U.S. and Europe, and within the financial and technologies industries. Since 2023, Supurna has served as a consultant with Amber Consulting & Advisory LLCS. Previously, Supurna was Head of Global Trading at BlackRock from 2011 to 2023, where she oversaw the company’s trading function across asset classes and regions. She was responsible for driving innovation and setting the trading platform’s strategic vision focused on growth and sustainable scalable trading solutions. Supurna also served as a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee and the Investment Subcommittee. Supurna served as the President of Strategic Solutions Consulting from January 2009 to July 2011 and as a fixed income, commodities and distressed debt analyst at Bank of America from March 2004 to January 2009. Supuran has served two terms each on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Technology Advisory Committee and the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee . Previously, Supurna held various positions at Bank of America, ING Barings in London and Lehman Brothers and New York. She started her career as a software engineer with IBM. Supuran serves on the boards of directors of Roadzen, Inc. and South Street Securities. She also serves on the Board of Women in Derivatives, a non-profit with a mission to advance women in the workforce. Supurna was given the Financial Markets Luminary award by Women in Derivatives, ranked #8 on the Institutional Investor’s 2018 Trading Tech 40 list and was a recipient of the Markets Media Women in Finance Award for Excellence in Leadership. Supurna holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Mathematics from Delhi University and a Bachelor of Arts (High Honors) degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University.