Global Executive Search

Systematic Markets

Leadership for the quantitative revolution

Systematic trading has evolved from edge case to market foundation. AI and machine learning are creating entirely new strategies. Low-latency infrastructure is now the baseline.


In this market, research edge fades fast and engineering sets the pace. We find the leaders who combine computational excellence with commercial instinct.



Our Systematic Markets practice, deepened by the acquisition of The Omerta Group and more than ten years of specialist expertise, places trading, research, engineering and AI leaders with principal trading firms and hedge funds, from high-frequency to intraday and mid-frequency strategies.

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What defines today’s systematic markets leaders 

The leaders driving quantitative finance forward bring:

Deep quantitative expertise with strategic vision

Seeing beyond algorithms to business impact 

Technical mastery with risk excellence

Building systems that perform
and protect 

Research rigor with speed to production

Turning ideas into live strategies, fast

Machine intelligence with human wisdom

Knowing when to intervene and when to trust systems 

Meet the consultants 

Jim Brownwood

Senior Partner

Hamish Allan

Partner
Ross Gregory

Ross Gregory

Partner

Adam Hunter

Partner

Jamie Souter

Partner

Kyle Duncan

Vice President

Arjing Kuo

Vice President
David O Brien

David O’Brien

Vice President

How we help clients win

Our Systematic Markets practice works with principal trading firms, hedge funds and multi-strategy platforms to hire senior and mid-level quantitative talent. Our searches span heads of trading and research, portfolio managers and quantitative researchers, alongside trading systems and high-performance engineering, machine learning and AI research, and the C-suite.

Our specialist consultants, supported by colleagues in key financial centers worldwide, cover equity stat arb, quant macro, volatility arbitrage, high-frequency market making and market taking, execution, and crypto and digital asset strategies. Searches are run with complete discretion, reaching researchers and engineers who rarely surface in the open market.

Hire your financial services leader

Our first conversation is a collaborative discovery session that produces a search strategy you validate with us in real time.