Oliver Prock is CEO and CIO of Salus Alpha Capital Ltd. He graduated from Vienna University of Business and Economics with an MBA and has gained experience in different investment fields such as financial engineering, product development, trading and sales. He started his career working for an American CTA. Later on, he was in charge of derivatives and structured products at Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG.
Before becoming CEO of Salus Alpha, he worked at Erste Bank, where he was responsible for the development and the management of alternative investment products of Erste Bank. Mr. Prock has gained over 15 years of professional investment experience working for banks and investment companies in Austria and abroad.
As CEO and Fund Manager he has achieved important successes in the past years in the field of alternative investments, as for instance the introduction of the first world-wide the UCITS III compliant alternative investment fund "Salus Alpha Equity Hedged". Also, the successful development of the alternative investment indices listed on the Viennese stock exchange was realized under his management.
Furthermore, Mr. Oliver Prock is founding member and chairman of the board of the association "Vereinigung Alternativer Investments" (VAI). Founded in 2003, this association is the first independent agency for protecting and representing the interests of the providers of alternative investment products on the Austrian capital market.
Apart from providing support to the members in all areas, the VAI regards the increase of popularity of alternative investments and the improvement in the understanding of these investment vehicles as one of its major tasks. In addition, the VAI tries to increase the attractiveness of Austria as the investment location for alternative investments through various measures.