Ingenuity Trading Names Naz Al-Khudairi Chief Operating Officer & Head of Strategy
From Ideation to Seamless Trade Execution
Seasoned Markets Leader to Unite Strategy and Execution as Ingenuity Enters Its Next Phase of Growth
Strategy and execution usually live in different rooms. My job is to keep them in the same one.”
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ingenuity Trading, an AI-native institutional trading platform, announces that Naz Al-Khudairi has stepped into a new role as Chief Operating Officer & Head of Strategy. Working alongside Co-Founders Karthik Teki and Pallav Chhaochhria, Al-Khudairi will own the firm's three-year strategic direction alongside the operating machinery that executes it, while building out the commercial engine to extend Ingenuity's platform into new markets and asset classes.— Naz Al-Khudairi, COO & Head of Strategy, Ingenuity Trading Inc
Al-Khudairi brings a 25-year track record building and leading world-class multi-asset electronic execution platforms, including spearheading Credit Suisse's top-ranked AES cross-asset platform and the global rebuild of BARX at Barclays. He previously served as Global Head of Markets Electronic Trading at both Barclays and Credit Suisse, before joining Ingenuity in 2025 as Operating Partner.
“What drew me here is that the hard part is already built,” said Al-Khudairi. “Proprietary execution algorithms on a native smart order router, predictive signals feeding every strategy at the open, an AI-native platform delivering real-time intelligence across pre-trade, intra-order, and post-trade — all of it in production across U.S. equities and options since we went live in late 2025. The next phase is breadth and distribution: extending the suite globally and into new asset classes and building the commercial engine to put the platform in front of the desks that need it.”
“Building the platform was the hard part. Scaling it into new markets and asset classes is a different kind of hard, and it needs someone who can hold both the long view and the operating detail. That's Naz,” said Karthik Teki, Co-Founder and CEO.
“The relationships that get us into new asset classes and new geographies — prime brokers, technology partners, distribution — don't happen by accident. Naz has run that playbook before and having him own it end to end is exactly what this next phase needs,” said Pallav Chhaochhria, Co-Founder and President.
About Ingenuity Trading
Ingenuity Trading is a FinTech company redefining institutional execution through a next-generation platform powered by AI Agents and intelligent algorithmic strategies. Built from the ground up as a unified, multi-asset system, Ingenuity eliminates the complexity of fragmented workflows — enabling clients to trade US equities and options and further asset classes in development.
Founded by Karthik Teki and Pallav Chhaochhria, Ingenuity brings deep domain expertise to the forefront of trading innovation. The platform combines real-time analytics, AI-driven insights, and ultra-low-latency infrastructure to help buy-side firms optimize execution and reduce costs. For more information, visit ingenuity.trading.
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