Oliver Freigang
CEO
As CEO of qashqade, Oliver writes about the structural growing pains of private markets, from increasingly complex fund structures to the operational strain created by legacy workflows. His focus spans allocation management, automation, transparency, fee validation, and operational resilience, particularly how firms can scale without losing control. Drawing on over 30 years in financial services and leadership roles across London, New York, and the EU, he brings a pragmatic, front-line perspective on building infrastructure that addresses real operational challenges.
Alongside industry topics, Oliver shares broader reflections shaped by his professional and personal experiences. These include leadership, building businesses across international markets, and lessons learned from operating in different environments. He also writes more personally about interests such as baseball, offering a wider lens on decision-making, discipline, and long-term thinking.
Alongside industry topics, Oliver shares broader reflections shaped by his professional and personal experiences. These include leadership, building businesses across international markets, and lessons learned from operating in different environments. He also writes more personally about interests such as baseball, offering a wider lens on decision-making, discipline, and long-term thinking.
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Behind the Waterfall: Oliver Freigang
In this edition of Behind the Waterfall, we speak with Oliver Freigang, Co-Founder and CEO of qashqade. Eight years after being told by the industry that automating carry calculations was impossible, Oliver reflects on what drove him to prove it wrong and what still keeps him restless.
Trustworthy allocation management
In private markets, a miscalculation isn't an abstract risk, it's one that erodes LP trust and takes years to repair. In this piece, qashqade CEO Oliver Freigang explains why keeping data and logic in strictly separate layers is not a technical preference, but the architectural principle that determines whether a calculation system can ever truly be trusted.
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