Amar Kuchinad

Amar Kuchinad serves as the Global CEO of Copper, a leading digital asset financial services company providing blockchain-based collateral management, custody, and treasury optimization solutions. With a diverse background spanning traditional finance and innovative fintech, Amar brings a wealth of experience to drive Copper's institutional-first approach.

Previously, Amar was a Senior Managing Director at Pretium Partners, an alternative asset manager with over $50 billion in AUM, where he was responsible for technology, data, analytics, and risk across the management company and its operating subsidiaries.

Prior to Pretium, Amar was CEO and Co-Founder of Electronifie, a SEC-registered broker-dealer which operated an alternative trading system enabling institutions to trade corporate bonds, and Chief Strategy Officer at Trumid following Trumid’s acquisition of Electronifie.

Before his entrepreneurial endeavor, Amar served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), providing market practitioner insights across Trading & Markets, Investment Management, and Enforcement.

Amar’s career on Wall Street was primarily spent at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for a number of equity and credit trading businesses. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics.