Sona Blessing is an independent research specialist and the author of “Alternative Alternatives: Risk, Returns and Investment Strategy” – Wiley Finance, Feb. 2011. She is also a contributing author, in German, on real assets for “Alternative Investments: Analyse und Due Diligence” – NZZ Libro Dec. 2013; and has been a previewer of CAIA textbook chapters on real assets.

Prior to, Sona has been a moderator of Opalesque Podcasts, her own start-up venture. She also served as the platform’s Director of Research, and is accredited with solely conceiving, launching and authoring A SQUARE (Alternative Alternatives) as the research portal.

Sona has been a guest lecturer on ‘Alternative Alternatives’ at the Zurich School of Management and Law, and also gained experience at Swiss banks in the role of a hedge fund research strategist and a global market strategist.

She has extensive experience in business journalism in India, Indonesia, U.K, Taiwan and Switzerland.

She currently serves as a Member of the Global Advisory Council, and is an ambassador, 100 Women in Finance; she has also been a member of its London Board and chaired the Zurich Education Committee.