David Chan PhD ‘06, Vice Board Chair, is a Portfolio Manager at a New York-based hedge fund. David has over sixteen years of investing and trading experience in both U.S. and international markets. He started his career at Goldman Sachs, where he developed quantitative trading strategies. In 2013, he transitioned into investment management, eventually becoming a Portfolio Manager specializing in systematic equities trading. David holds a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his research focused on photonic band-gap materials. David received his Master of Physics degree from the University of Oxford with top First Class Honours. He was one of twelve awarded the Kennedy Scholarship, a prestigious UK award for graduate study in the USA. David also holds a patent in surface-plasmon index guided waveguides. Prior to the Octet Collaborative, David served as finance chair of the board of the New York City Rescue Mission, America’s oldest homeless shelter.