Meet the Team

 
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Stephane Carty
Founding Partner

Stephane has more than 25 years of investment experience in trading and financial derivatives.  He started his career on the equity derivatives desk at Bankers Trust and spent more than 13 years trading both agency and proprietary books at Lehman Brother and Commerzbank, before being appointed head of the European Principal Strategies Group at Wachovia Bank in 2006. He founded the global volatility fund, Fir Post Capital in 2009 and subsequently Blackheath Capital Management. Stephane is fluent in French and holds a BA in Honours Economics and International Trade from the University of Waterloo (1996).

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Simon Monson
Partner

Simon has over 30 years' experience in marketing equity and equity linked transaction services with large Investment Banks from HSBC James Capel, NatWest Markets and Commerzbank to smaller, more boutique houses; CLSA and Mizuho International. Latterly he worked with Stephane at Fir Post Capital. He has a wide network of institutional contacts in both fund management and manager selection. Simon has a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and speaks fluent French.

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Annalise Lythgoe
Capital Introduction

Annalise has over 15 years of financial experience, having spent time at Man Financial (MF Global) & Man Group. Annalise left the UK to live in the USA where she built on existing relationships with UHNW individuals and family offices. On her return, Annalise has spent the last 5 years successfully raising capital for small and emerging Fund Managers, as well as assisting them in the setting up and structuring of funds.

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Bruce MacDonald
Portfolio Manager

Bruce is the portfolio manager of the ESG Enhanced Market Neutral UCITS. He holds an MA in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and his career in finance spans over 27 years, comprising both systems development and trading. His broad experience includes proprietary trading in equities and derivatives, pricing and hedging OTC equity derivatives, as well as being a pioneer of large-scale algorithmic portfolio trading and systematic statistical arbitrage. Large firms he has worked at include Deutsche Bank, IndoSuez, CIBC Financial Products, and Dresdner Bank. Most recently he spent 7 years managing a successful fixed income fund.

“Working with a company that has genuine industry experience has been invaluable. Steph and his team provide knowledge and insight that is unique in their field.”