Luke Oliver

Luke Oliver is Head of Alternatives at KraneShares, focused on building innovative investment solutions across alternative asset classes and differentiated market exposures. In addition to overseeing the firm’s carbon, and broader alternatives platform, Luke works closely with clients on portfolio construction, implementation strategies, and education around emerging investment opportunities. He is a regular industry commentator across TV, press, and digital media, and is responsible for producing accessible research and market insights on alternative investments and macro trends.

Prior to joining KraneShares, Luke built and ran the $21bn US XTrackers ETF business at DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management) where he pioneered currency hedging, onshore China, and more recently ESG strategies which were among the first to recognize the need for value-aligned portfolios. Prior to this, he was the portfolio manager of $16bn in commodity assets across the PowerShares DB Commodity ETF suite. Luke has a reputation for building strong, diverse teams, creating profitable businesses, and bringing innovative solutions to market. His 20-year financial career also included time on the capital markets sell-side.

This diverse experience has allowed Luke to identify the most powerful emerging trends in the investment landscape. “Pricing carbon emissions and decarbonizing the global economy is the single greatest challenge, and opportunity, we will ever be presented with. I have no doubt this will be our mission for the next 20 years and it must not fail.”