Finding signal in finance.

I'm Himanshu — currently the Chief Financial Officer of a global online trading firm based in London. Before that, I spent two decades across trading, treasury, capital markets and digital assets — with firms such as IG Group, Barclays Investment Bank, BNP Paribas, and The Boston Consulting Group. In a prior life, I was doing investment banking at Nomura Securities in Hong Kong.

What I think the job actually is

The most useful thing a finance person does in a fast-moving business isn't reporting — it's framing. Translating between a board that wants certainty and an operation where the answer hasn't been built yet. Holding the strategic question open while the tactical one gets solved. Knowing which numbers should bend and which shouldn't.

That framing is what I'm best at, and it's what this site is about. I'm a pragmatist — more interested in what actually works than in what the textbook says, more drawn to figuring something out than to defending what already exists.

Background

I have an undergraduate degree in Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and a Masters in Finance from London Business School. I am also a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT).

Outside of work, I have a keen interest in cricket (fanatic level), health and fitness, music and travel. Currently, I live in London with my wife and two sons.

What I write about

• Strategy in fast-moving markets — how firms in finance, technology, digital assets, and trading actually make decisions when the data is incomplete and the rules are being written in real time
• Operating-model design — where to centralise, where to leave loose, what to automate, what to leave human
• Capital, risk, and structure — where the money actually goes, where the risk actually sits, why the deck and the operation diverge
• Occasional notes on the craft — building, hiring, writing, reading

What this site is for

1. A portfolio of my writings.
2. A thinking platform — short takes when there's a sharp point, longer pieces when there's a real model worth showing.
3. A home base for the people whose work I want to be near.

Where to start

One cornerstone essay from each of the four topics:

• The 600-year curve: Why your "AI anxiety" is actually history repeating itself
• Pricing the future: How CFOs should read the SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs
• Leadership lessons I wish I knew earlier — a 10-part series
• The 10 commandments of FP&A storytelling

Or browse the curated entry into each theme at topics.

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