Simina has a proven history founding new firms, beginning with Silverback Asset Management, where she served as chief portfolio strategist, to her current roles as co-founder and managing partner for real asset direct investment platform Energy Finance Partners, and CFO and co-founder of jet propulsion technology company Jetoptera. At Energy Finance Partners, Simina is responsible for transaction management analytics and structuring deals.

Prior to these roles, Simina established herself on Wall Street, working with firms Merrill Lynch (Managing Director), Bear Stearns (Senior Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager), and Belstar Holdings & Belstar Management Company (CIO) for more than two decades. Simina holds an AB from Princeton University, where she graduated as salutatorian, summa cum laude, and a PhD from Westfield College, The University of London, where she was a Marshall Scholar.