People


Mark Spitznagel
President & CIO

Eric Spencer
CFO/Head of Investor Relations/CCO

Nassim Taleb
Distinguished Scientific Advisor


Prior to joining Universa, Eric worked for Northwestern Mutual, which involved designing non-qualified plans and company-specific employee compensation strategies for Fortune 1000 corporations and commercial banks.  He was responsible for such duties as running complex P&Ls for these organizations, implementing and overseeing employee benefit programs, closely following regulatory matters (FASB, OCC/OTS/FDIC banking regulations, insurance laws, ERISA), and accounting for benefit accruals. Eric received a B.A. from Duke University.