Ambika Kapoor
Emerging Markets Long/Short Equities Portfolio Manager, GSA Capital
Ambika started her career as a Morgan Stanley analyst in 2005 before going on to be an Emerging Markets Equities analyst at Soros Fund Management LLC. After 7 years at Soros Fund Management, in February 2015, Ambika moved to GSA Capital as their Emerging Markets Long/Short Equities Portfolio Manager.
Stephen Kirk
Portfolio Manager and Founder, Pelham Global Financials Fund
At the start of his career Stephen spent 12 years on the sell side at Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan as a senior Director in European Financial Equity Research. From 2005 to 2014, Stephen was a senior member of the Lansdowne Global Financials Fund and in 2008 was made a Partner at Lansdowne. In 2015 Stephen founded Pelham Global Financials Fund.
Christina McGuire
Portfolio Manager and Founder, Elephant Asset Management Limited
After receiving her Doctor of Medicine, Christina started her career in the medical profession. In 2001 Christina began her financial career, joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management, initially as a research analyst before taking on portfolio management responsibilities. Christina went on to help establish a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Shanghai office and set-up of the Goldman Sachs Asset Management A-Share China Fund. Prior to Elephant Asset Management Limited, Christina was a founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Aperios Partners Investment Management.
Markus Taraba
Chief Executive Officer, Portfolio Manager and Founder, Monterone Partners LLP
Early in his career Markus worked as an Investment Banking analyst in the M&A and Corporate Finance Division of Morgan Stanley before moving to the Principal Strategies Group at Citadel Investment Group as a Portfolio Manager in 2005. Prior to Monterone Partners LLP, from 2009 to 2014, Markus was a Managing Director at Davidson Kempner Capital Management.
Eloise Veillet
Partner and Portfolio Manager, Bell Rock Capital Management LLP
Eloise began her career as an Equities analyst at Morgan Stanley and in 2013 joined Marble Bar Asset Management as a senior analyst and Portfolio Manager, before working as a senior Global Consumer analyst at DSAM Partners. Eloise is now a Portfolio Manager and Partner at Bell Rock Capital Management, since her move there in November 2016.
Anastasia Critides
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Currently based in London, Anastasia has been with the firm for over 22 years. She has been part of the Prime Brokerage sales and capital introductions effort since she started working with hedge funds in 1999. Leveraging Morgan Stanley's strong institutional relationships, she has been helping hedge fund managers launch and shape their businesses throughout the life cycle of their firms. Anastasia moved from New York to London in 2006 to join the European capital introductions team. And when Morgan Stanley integrated Listed Derivatives clearing with Prime Brokerage, Anastasia lead the uropean listed derivatives sales team to expand the firm’s offering to CTAs & macro focused funds. She is also active in the firm’s recruiting efforts and acts as a diversity champion for the Institutional Equities Division. Before her hedge fund days, Anastasia supported an equity derivatives prop desk at Morgan Stanley and was among the firm’s first women brokers working with high net worth clients in the early 1990's. Anastasia has an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a BA in Economics for Rutgers University.
