Ashley Chan

Chief Operating Officer

Ashley is the Chief Operating Officer of Markin Asset Management where he oversees the firm’s operations, business development and capital formation. He brings over three decades of experience in global financial markets and alternative asset management to the firm. Ashley has extensive experience building institutional-quality infrastructure around investment managers, from operations and compliance to service providers and investor relationships. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of an agency MBS hedge fund, where he led non-investment functions and raised capital from family offices, fund of funds, RIAs and institutions. Earlier, he was Chief Operating Officer of a global macro manager and has advised a number of other emerging and established hedge funds on operational build-out and capital formation. He has also been involved in film financing, including independent and studio-backed slates. Ashley began his career in global equity sales, building relationships with institutional investors across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, with senior roles across a number of firms, including ABN AMRO, Nomura Securities, J.P. Morgan and UBS. Ashley received a Bachelor of Economics and Politics from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Nationally Certified Official with USA Swimming.