Mikkel Eliasen

Mikkel Eliasen is an investment specialist with more than a decade of experience in the financial sector. His career has combined entrepreneurship, asset management, and risk management, giving him a broad perspective on creating long-term value for clients and organizations.

From 2017 to 2025, Mikkel was CIO and CEO of an independent asset management firm he founded. He designed and implemented systematic investment strategies in global small-cap equities, developed and optimized quantitative models, and oversaw compliance with regulatory frameworks such as SFDR, AIFMD and MiFID II. Furthermore, he led the firm’s overall strategy, branding, and technical development, building a strong platform before successfully exiting through a sale to a larger financial institution.

Earlier in his career, Mikkel worked at an international investment bank in roles within capital and liquidity management as well as senior risk management. He developed stress-testing models, SQL-based forecasting tools, and liquidity optimization methods, while ensuring alignment with Basel III, CRD IV, and other regulatory standards.

Mikkel holds an MSc in financial and mathematical modeling and has a strong technical foundation in Python, SQL, R, and other quantitative tools.