Gregory R. Shore, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Founder & CEO, Crystal Shore Alpha.

Founder & CEO, Crystal Shore Analytics & Crystal Shore Wealth Management SARL.

Founder & CEO, ING Private Capital Management (IPCM).

IPCM: 38FTEs and 6 billion EUR of AUM. Delivering Global Strategy, Fund Manager Selection, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Customer Service and Compliance.

Chief Investment Officer

Global CIO, ING Global Private Banking.

Overseeing 200 investment professionals in Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Dubai, Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Luxembourg, Geneva and Zurich.

Responsible for 80 billion EUR of AUM invested in advisory and discretionary segregated accounts and SICAVs.

Portfolio Manager

Head of Portfolio Management, International Advisory Group, Merrill Lynch N.V.

Leading 4 FTEs overseeing 500 million USD in segregated advisory accounts.

Vice President, Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Management Consultant

Management Consultant, Development Bank of Southern Africa.

Delivering in-depth review of the bank’s corporate strategy, management structure, financial performance and the disbursement of funds for economic and social development.

University Professor

Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lecturing in Political Theory, Ethics and Metaphysics at both the undergraduate and graduate degree level.

Backgammon Player

Backgammon, World Championships, Monte Carlo: World Team Champion 1989.

Sponsored, semi-pro, tournament player backed by options traders on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Money games played on own account.

Academic Studies

University of Chicago, Master's and Ph.D. in Philosophy.

Doctoral Dissertation: interactive decision-making in situations of risk and uncertainty; resource allocation and deployment; payoff-maximization in constant-sum and variable-sum games.

Wits Business School, Certificate in Accounting, Control and Finance.

Vassar College, B.A. in Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, General Honors, Departmental Honors.