Siddhartha Jha is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, a global climate risk solutions platform focused on data-driven parametric insurance. Sid is also a co-founder of dClimate, the first decentralized climate information ecosystem. Prior to Arbol and dClimate, he had over 13 years of experience in the financial industry covering the interest rates and commodities in both quantitative research and trading roles. His commodity career spans firms such as Citadel, Castleton Commodities and Arbalet Capital with senior roles including managing the build out of new trading markets and working with leading edge technologies on commercially important projects across energy, agriculture, and metals. He was previously a Vice President of Interest Rates Strategy at J.P. Morgan.

Sid authored the well-received book "Interest Rate Markets", published in both English and Mandarin. He has taught financial markets at NYU and was on the board of a non-profit working with inner city youth. Sid graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics as part of a 4-year combined degree program.