Meet Our Senior Advisors
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Christian Salomone
Christian has over 21 years experience in the Financial Markets. Before joining Ballast Rock, Christian was a managing director and the Global Head of FX Exotics Trading at Goldman Sachs. Over his career, he traded many products including FX, Commodity and Interest Rate Derivatives. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 as an associate in Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities and was named managing director in 2008. Christian started his career at UBS in 1996. Christian is a former member of the Board of Directors of The Yale Club of New York City, where he also served on the House Committee and as Chairman of the Membership and Marketing Committee. Christian received a BS in Applied Mathematics from Yale University. Licenses: 24, 7 & 63 |
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Dirk Hall
Dirk has over 25 years of experience investing in venture capital and private equity, operating high growth companies, and advising entrepreneurs. Dirk started his investment career at Citigroup Investments Technology Ventures, managing a $450 million corporate venture capital fund. He then was Managing Director roles at Prodos Capital Management (a buyout focused private equity firm) and a private family office. In addition to his investing experience, Dirk has led multiple healthcare companies, serving as CEO of a medical technology company, Chairman of a company launching musculoskeletal pain medical clinics in the Middle East. Most recently, Dirk was the COO of a leading Covid-19 testing and vaccination company. Dirk received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University |
