Craig Asche is the Executive Director for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, overseeing all areas of the Association's growth, including examinations, curriculum and development.

Mr. Asche joined the CAIA Association in February 2003 after being approached by Thomas Schneeweis, the current director at the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM), to help head up the fledgling organization. 

At the CAIA Association, Mr. Asche has worked to solidify the Association's prestige among members of the financial community as the foremost program for alternative investment professional and education development. 

Under Mr. Asche's leadership, the number of candidates seeking membership has doubled annually to its current number of 4,000 individuals.  Mr. Asche has also led the Association's international growth, which now includes chapters in New York, Toronto, Singapore, London and Switzerland (Zurich/Geneva), with plans to form others in additional cities around the globe.

Prior to joining the CAIA Association, Mr. Asche worked at Salomon Brothers in a variety of trading and sales positions, most recently as Director of the Asia Pacific Foreign Exchange Department, where he oversaw proprietary positions and executed trades on behalf of central banks, hedge funds and multinationals.  Mr. Asche retired from Salomon Brothers in 1996 to advise his own family's investment office, a role he continues today.

Mr. Asche graduated from Trinity College in 1979 with a B.A. in Economics.  He currently lives in Amherst, Mass. with his wife and three teenage children.  In addition to his role at the CAIA Association, Mr. Asche is active with the Nature Conservancy, supports the World Wildlife Federation, and is an avid outdoorsman.