Chand Sooran is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, Queen's University at Kingston and the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a specialization in the Financial Engineering Track.  He is certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM™) by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and he is also a Fellow of the Global Association of Risk Professionals.  He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.

He has worked as a market-maker and as a proprietary foreign exchange options trader for banks in Canada, the United States and Europe.  He has also worked as a financial risk management consultant, based in Canada.  His articles have appeared in a variety of publications.

His primary interests include corporate finance, economics, fundamental and technical research and distressed investing.