Leadership Team

Founder of Capriole Investments, systematic absolute return macro hedge fund, and Capriole Charts, premium suite of alpha signals for navigating markets. Charles has been investing for over 20 years and coding trading algorithms for a decade. He is the creator of renowned on-chain models like “Hash Ribbons” and “Macro Index” and has built proprietary investment models using over 200 macro and crypto data signals. He is one of the leading publishers of on-chain Bitcoin and macro models globally, with his indicators and models featured in the top 10 on TradingView, and also available on Glassnode, CryptoQuant and more. He has created 100+ open-source metrics, authored 10+ research pieces, and regularly shares market insights with his 123,000+ followers on X.com. Charles has been featured in 200+ media articles (including CNBC, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine), has appeared on 20+ podcasts (including “We Study Billionaires” in 2021, the world’s largest stock investing podcast) and spoken at major conferences such as TOKEN2049 in 2025 (the world’s largest crypto conference). He holds two Dean’s Awards and three scholarships from studies in Australia, London, and Denmark.

The key architect of Capriole’s trading execution engines and systems. He is an expert in risk management, utility theory and choice modelling in risk-based environments.

Ryan has over a decade of experience across the IT industry. Before Capriole he was managing multiple projects & teams for a large international online gaming company, Spiralworks. He also developed the customer risk profiles and behavior models used in the game mechanics behind their top 3 games which generated over $2B revenue per annum.

Co-founder of Calderwood. Wade serves on the Capriole Fund board as an independent director. He advises on governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. He has worked with many of the industry’s leading investment managers.

Previously Wade was an Executive Director of DMS Investment Services, worked at BlueBay Asset Management and oversaw a portfolio of hedge funds. He is a Chartered Accountant and also spent several years in audit at KPMG.

Al brings over two decades of finance experience to Capriole. He leverages his extensive knowledge in portfolio management and risk to bolster governance and investment strategies.

Prior to founding Artemis, he worked with FTI Consulting where he was crucial in launching and overseeing FTI Capital Management, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. Before this, he spent over a decade at a multibillion-dollar single-family office in the Cayman Islands, with a focus on portfolio management and risk analytics.

Accomplished and experienced senior marketing professional with an extensive accelerator, Fintech and hedge fund background. John has helped scale multi-billion AUM funds and is an expert in Investor Relations and corporate communications.

John brings 15 years of experience with marketing institutional funds, B2B/B2C SaaS risk analytics and enterprise API trading platforms. He has held Director roles at Xerion Capital Partners, Perella Weinberg Partners and HedgeWorld.

Judith is an international business and marketing expert. She has launched products into new markets and helped business’ scale through all stages. She works with investors at Capriole at every step of their journey. She is passionate about crypto and delighting clients.

Judith has an extensive career across Germany and Australia in marketing for startups through to major global enterprises having worked at Mercedes-Benz, Miele, and start-ups such as HelloFresh and Elopage.

Alen is a senior software engineer and DevOps specialist with expertise in cloud-native architecture and AI solutions. He holds a BSc in Computing and Software Systems from the University of Melbourne. Previously at PwC, he built scalable and efficient systems.

Jenny first joined Capriole Investments in 2021 and has been a valuable member of our investor relations team since. Jenny has an extensive career across omni-channel planning and supply chain and brings her detailed and client focused skillset to our team.

Andy is a software developer with extensive knowledge in artificial intelligence and experienced in building web and mobile applications on AWS. At Capriole, Andy focuses on strengthening data infrastructure and exploring innovative data sources for crypto trading.

Advisors

Bandar is the leading Saudi Web3 professional and a prominent figure in the industry in the Middle East and North Africa. As the former head of Binance in Saudi Arabia, Bandar led Binance’s efforts in the Kingdom by managing relationships with all key regulators and key stakeholders, and overlooking all aspects of the local business. Bandar was also the official spokesperson for Binance, head of the Binance Academy for the MENA region and the Head of Institutional Relationships for Binance Dubai. Prior to Web3, Bandar was a prominent NY qualified lawyer in Saudi Arabia, having worked with tier 1 U.S. Law firm White & Case and as a senior advisor to a high ranking minister in the Saudi Royal court. Bandar brings his MENA expertise and network to the Capriole team, helping to unlock the booming market in MENA.

Tony is a private fund attorney with a focus on digital asset, Web3, and tokenized investment structures. As a Partner at Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, he advises clients on fund formation, regulatory compliance, and legal strategy across the full private fund lifecycle. He also works closely with DAOs and other blockchain-based projects on legal wrappers. Tony began his career in intellectual property and is registered with the USPTO as a patent attorney. In addition to his investment management law practice, Tony has experience in litigation and dispute resolution, and is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California. Tony was selected to 5280 Magazine’s 2025 “Top Lawyers” list for securities law and has been a featured speaker on 0xFW3 (The Future of Web3) legal and regulatory panels. He brings institutional experience and strategic insight to Capriole Investments.

Sankalp Shangari is a banker-turned-tech entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years of global experience across banking, digital assets, fintech, AI, and blockchain. After a successful career at JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Macquarie, Sankalp became one of the earliest adopters in crypto in 2013. He has since built, operated and exited three blockchain ventures. Sankalp founded Rising Capital, a digital assets fund and incubator, which now operates under his family office, Argo World. Through Argo World, he invests across digital assets, public and private equities. His portfolio spans digital asset treasuries, early-stage tech companies, and public markets. He is also a partner at Welsbach Holdings, Asia’s leading SPAC consulting firm, and sits on the boards of multiple private and publicly listed firms across Web3, fintech, AI, and other emerging technologies.

Capriole is global

Capriole works with investors from over 25+ countries around the world.