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by Paul Clarke 18 August 2015
Brevan Howard now has just one trader at partner level and handful of senior staff operating out of its Swiss office in a signal that its UK office has now become a central location for front office staff.
In a recent filing on Companies House, the hedge fund outlined where its senior employees are located. We’ve broken out the list below. There are now just six partners based out of Brevan Howard's Swiss office, suggests the document, down from 11 last year. Meanwhile, headcount at its London office has increased - albeit by just two people following some senior departures over the course of 2014.
What's more significant than the number, however, is that three of the Swiss-based employees are founding partners - Alan Howard, Nagi Kawkabani and Trifon Natsis. Aron Landy is the chief risk officer for the office, while Samir Bouaoudia appears to be the sole trader in Switzerland.
The filling was the Annual Return for Brevan Howard's UK partnership, so does not include all members of the group across the world. However, of the 45 publicly searchable profiles of the company's Swiss-based employees, only four - traders Amit Sharma and Bob Kuijpers and portfolio managers Adrian Hilton and Claire McCathie - were in money management roles. Meanwhile, there were 166 UK employees listed.
The filing follows reports of how the low tax rates in Switzerland have failed to convince most of Brevan Howard's traders of the merits of basing themselves out of Geneva. Most traders have been unable to persuade their families to move to Switzerland and have requested a move back to London. This is an about turn on its previous strategy - in 2010 it relocated most senior front office staff to Geneva for tax reasons.
1. Craig Adams
2. Edmund Allen
3. Daniel Bernheim, head of sales
4. Christopher Coleman, quantitative developer
5. Karl Devine, trader (moved from Switzerland)
6. Andrea French, COO, trading (moved to Chris Rokos' family office in August 2014)
7. Mark Hillery, senior trader
8. Roberto Hoornweg, trader
9. Vivienne Jack
10. Bevan Kaminer
11. Richard Kent
12. Enrico Martinez, financial analyst
13. Jonathan Matthews
14. Jev Mehmet, COO, London
15. Jezri Mohideen, trader
16. Klaus Oestergaard, portfolio manager
17. Luc Pajot, founding partner
18. Robin Pollock, partner
19. Miriam Porat, head of risk
20. Michael Stromsoe, head of investor relations
21. Gregor Thomson
22. Alexander Underwood, general counsel
23. Gertjan Vlieghe, economist
1. Alan Howard, founder
2. Nagi Kawkabani, founding partner
3. Trifon Natsis, founding partner
4. Jeremy Benjamin
5. Samir Bouaoudia, trader
6. Aron Landy, chief risk officer
Stuart Bygrave
Kaspar Ernst, CIO, Brevan Howard Hong Kong
Hi! I am Amit Sharma, a digital product manager, living in Mumbai, India.
I have been building digital products for the last 15 years, helping businesses achieve their goals, and at times also sapping their employees’ productivity :). Still learning and honing my craft.
I have also been associated with the local WordPress community, have spoken at two WordCamps and volunteered at a few.
Feel free to reach out to discuss future engagements at amitksharma [at] gmail [dot] com.
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May 2020 onwardsPersonal projectsCreator | Poker with FriendsUnder development ReactJS, Firebase, WebRTC |
Online PuzzleUnder development Jamstack, jQuery, WordPress REST API | |
Wordress Plugin: Playing Card NotationsA plugin for publishers using WordPress to display playing cards and hands in a rich format. Useful for blogs and magazines writing about poker, bridge, rummy, blackjack etc. PHP, CSS | |
2016-20ICICI SecuritiesDigital Product Manager / AVP – Segment | Direct2UInvite-only section on ICICIDirect, for HNWI customers to invest in direct mode mutual funds for a quarterly fee.Rs 26 billion in AuA in one year of launch. |
One-Click PortfolioMutual funds bundling feature on ICICIDirect based on customers’ risk profiles and investment themes.Successfully reversed the trend of AuM erosion in regular mode mutual funds by 64%. | |
I-crestThe in-house CRM application; upgraded the UI to make it mobile first and user friendly, alongside continuous development.Increased the adoption in the sales team from almost nothing to 50% logins every day in a period of 3 years. | |
CPAA tool on ICICIDirect enabling users to upload and analyze their entire investment portfolio, including those not invested through ICICIDirect (heldaway assets). | |
2011-1613 Llama StudioHead – Product & UI/UX | Pedron (TotSmart)A mobile app which aggregates educational games & content for kids, with analytics for parents.Achieved a 100k install on Google Play Store and Apple App Store combined, with 3.5+ star rating in both marketplaces – the success story was featured in multiple dailies and Forbes magazine, getting them visibility & credibility in the venture capitalist circles Cordova, jQuery Mobile, XCode, WordPress REST API |
Iryx (ViDoc Healthcare)A web based medical reports aggregation and analytics tool. HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, MySQL | |
ChannelLiveDeveloped the middleware, set up the e-commerce system, and integrated multiple APIs to improve functionalities for content delivery and user management, and helped them transition from a channel subscription service to a complete VoD platform.The company was acquired by YuppTV in 2017. Kaltura, WordPress | |
Inside Life at FMSAn academic social network for use by students, faculty and alumni to minimize dependency on email, and better student engagement.Cut their internal email traffic in half. WordPress | |
FinVidyaA video based LMS for teaching finance to non-finance professionals.Acquired by one of India’s top 3 private sector banks. WordPress, VideoPress | |
2014A group of friendsFront-end developer | Chunavi TukkaA web app where users could guess winners in the 2014 Indian General Elections, and then compare with the actual results once they were declared. jQuery Mobile, Google Cloud |
2014Personal projectCreator | WordPress Plugin: QuizzA plugin for publishers using WordPress to display playing cards and hands in a rich format. Useful for blogs and magazines writing about poker, bridge, rummy, blackjack etc. PHP, CSS, jQuery |
2012Tattva LeadershipCreator | A Game for SterliteA linear online puzzle for Sterlite’s team building efforts, leading up to their HR off site. HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL |
2005I-Rising, IRIS – IIM Indore’s management festCreator | KlueLessA cryptic linear online puzzle.Was getting MAU figures of 1 million in 2005 with no marketing budgets, purely by word of mouth, even long after IRIS ended and the game’s winner was declared. Today it is one of the most popular online games in India, and has a fan following that has lasted for 15 years now. HTML, CSS, ASP On Github – Play it here |
2004-05IRIS – IIM Indore’s management festPart of founding team, Front-end developer | EntrepidA turn based strategy game where multiple teams compete by building industries, turning natural resources into finished products and selling them in the marketplace. We turned it from a spreadsheet based management fest game to a map-based graphical strategy game in the second iteration.Appreciated by participating teams both years we managed it. I got a standing ovation from the participants at the end of the game in 2005 🙂 Visual Basic, MSSQL |
1999School project (ISC)Creator | Emerald CityA sprite-based map-oriented adventure game.Scored the highest marks in the school for this project. QBasic |