Axioma Taps Woida for Indexing Initiative

Former BlackRock investment strategist Christopher Woida will be managing director of Axioma's indexing group.

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Woida was a founding member of the factor-based strategies group at BlackRock where he helped build smart beta and factor-based platforms. He was most recently lead investment strategist for BlackRock’s factor hedge fund. Prior to BlackRock, Woida was with Deutsche Bank Securities and was senior research and development engineer at Intel.

At Axioma, Woida will be responsible for strategy, development, and sales for the rapidly growing indexing initiative.

Sebastian Ceria, Axioma CEO, said Woida’s hiring is a case of talent meeting opportunity. “Chris brings a superb combination of strategic and sales development skills to Axioma’s indexing initiative,” Ceria said.

Axioma’s index initiative is working to leverage its portfolio construction solutions to build systematic indices for index providers, investment banks, and asset managers.

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