Where core values fuel performance

Mr. Cameron is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer and head of Garda’s New York office. He is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He joined Garda in 2016 as a portfolio manager with over 25 years of experience trading and managing fixed income businesses in New York, London, and Tokyo with a primary focus on interest rate derivative trading. Before joining Garda, he spent more than 18 years at JP Morgan, most recently as their global head of USD interest rate swaps, with prior leadership of USD rate trading for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Previously, he was the executive head of a proprietary trading group at JP Morgan and managed core European swaps trading before the European Monetary Union. He started his career in the middle office for HSBC before joining its interest rate derivatives team in New York and Tokyo.

Mr. Cameron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Mr. Chen is Head of Business Development focusing on talent recruitment and corporate strategy.

Prior to joining Garda, Mr. Chen spent eight years at Aksia where he was most recently the Strategy Head responsible for investment sourcing and due diligence across fixed income arbitrage, futures, and volatility strategies.

Mr. Chen holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Mr. Corti is a Senior Portfolio Manager based in Garda’s Zug office and leads the global inflation team. He is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He joined the portfolio management team at Garda in 2017. Prior to joining Garda, he spent over five years at Citigroup Global Markets, where he was most recently a vice president and trader of inflation-linked securities.

Mr. Corti holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematical engineering and a Master of Science in mathematical engineering and quantitative finance, both from the University Politecnico di Milano.

Mr. Farrell is the Chief Risk Officer of Garda, responsible for heading the Risk Management Group and measuring and assessing risk for the fixed income relative value strategies.

Mr. Farrell joined the Fixed Income Relative Value team at Black River in 2013. Previously, Mr. Farrell worked at Scotiabank from 2010-2013 as the Market Risk Manager for the US Rates business in New York. Mr. Farrell began his career in 1998 with JP Morgan, spending 8 years in their Proprietary Positioning Business in a variety of roles. From 2002-2006, Mr. Farrell was a trader on the European Rates Relative Value desk in London. Upon returning from London, he worked at Deutsche Bank in New York during the financial crisis focused on risk and valuation in the Global Markets Finance group.

Mr. Farrell graduated from The George Washington University with a B.B.A. in Finance and International Business.

Mr. Fisk is Garda’s Head of Finance and Liquidity, responsible for managing counterparty relationships including all financing facilities, cash management, clearing and custody infrastructure, and overall firm wide credit exposure to those counterparties.

Prior to joining Garda, Mr. Fisk served as Global Head of Hedge Fund Risk, Finance and Liquidity at Black River, having joined the firm initially as Leverage Manager in 2002. From 1999-2002, Mr. Fisk served in an electricity trading position within Cargill’s Energy Division. Mr. Fisk originally joined Cargill in 1990 as part of the team responsible for establishing the London office of the Financial Markets Group. He held a variety of positions in London including equity trading, managing the administrative function for the London office, and providing a supervisory role for the Geneva, Moscow, Warsaw, and Istanbul locations. Prior to joining Cargill, Mr. Fisk held various Treasury positions with Chase Manhattan Bank in London from 1987-1990.

Mr. Grover is Head of Investor Relations, responsible for capital raising and the relationship management of current and prospective investors.

Mr. Grover worked at Cargill starting in 1993 in the Financial Markets Group, where he spent ten years before eventually joining Black River Asset Management at its inception in 2003 to lead the capital raising and investor relations team.

Mr. Grover graduated from Albion College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and management and earned an MBA in finance from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Jørgensen is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the head of Garda’s Copenhagen office. He leads the Scandinavian rates and cross currency basis team and is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He joined Garda in 2017 following a 16-year career at Danske Bank, where he most recently led European rates and global swaps trading.

Mr. Jørgensen holds a Graduate Diploma in business administration and finance from Aarhus School of Business.

Ms. Kittiko is Garda’s Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, she oversees Garda’s financial activities and partners with the CEO and senior management on business planning and financial strategy. She is responsible for accounting and control, tax, and financial analysis and reporting.

Prior to joining Garda, Ms. Kittiko served as Controller for Black River Asset Management from 2011-2016. Immediately prior to her tenure at Black River Asset Management, Ms. Kittiko worked for CarVal Investors where she held positions including Director of Operations and Administration Manager. Ms. Kittiko also spent two years as Controller at Global Trade Resources, an emerging markets hedge fund in Minneapolis.

Ms. Kittiko graduated from the College of St. Catherine with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting with a Spanish minor.

Mr. Kumar serves as Chief Technology Officer, leading Garda’s application development and infrastructure teams.

Prior to Garda, Mr. Kumar joined Black River in 2004 as a Senior Research Analyst on the Fixed Income Relative Value desk, before becoming an Enterprise Systems Manager, where he was responsible for the selection and implementation of the firm’s portfolio management system and proprietary data warehouse system. From 1998-2004, Mr. Kumar held various IT roles with the financial markets group at Cargill, where his experience spanned operations, accounting and risk systems.

Mr. Kumar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from Bangalore University, Bangalore India and an MBA (General Management) from the University of Minnesota.

Mr. McCloskey is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the head of Garda’s Geneva office. He leads the European government bond relative value team and is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Garda, he spent over eight years at Barclays Capital, where he was most recently a director and co-head of the European government bond trading desk. He has additional European government bond experience from trading and market analysis positions at Dresdner Kleinwort, Jefferies, and Bank of America.

Mr. McCloskey holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and a diploma in applied statistics, both from Oxford University.

Mr. McGarry is a Senior Portfolio Manager based in Garda’s Geneva office where he leads the macro relative value team. He is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He has been with Garda since its inception and has over 20 years of experience trading macro relative value opportunities. Prior to joining Garda, he was a portfolio manager at Black River Asset Management, BlueCrest Capital, and 5:15 Capital. He was also the managing director and global head of USD interest rate swaps at BNP Paribas and a senior dealer and head of EUR interest rate swaps at Danske Bank. He began his career at Bank of America as a trader in London.

Mr. McGarry holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial studies and a Master of Finance from University College Dublin.

Mr. Michaux serves as Garda’s Chief of Staff, responsible for leading and supporting the design and execution of Garda’s strategic initiatives, while maintaining oversight of its talent and human resources functions.

Mr. Michaux previously served as Garda’s Chief Talent Officer. Prior to joining Garda, Mr. Michaux led the human resources function at Black River Asset Management, where he originally joined in 2006 as an HR generalist. Mr. Michaux began his career in 2003 as an HR generalist at Dunwoody College of Technology.

Mr. Michaux graduated from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in human resources management. Mr. Michaux also holds an associate degree in computer networking systems from Dunwoody College of Technology.

Mr. O’Connell is a Senior Portfolio Manager based in Garda’s New York office where he leads the U.S. rates team. He is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He joined Garda in 2017 after spending over seven years at JP Morgan in various roles in both sales and trading in New York and London. He was most recently a vice president and head of the London USD swaps desk.

Mr. O’Connell holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Shane serves as Garda’s General Counsel, responsible for legal, regulatory, and compliance matters impacting the firm.

Mr. Shane was previously Garda’s Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel. Before joining Garda in 2017, Mr. Shane spent five years at Wayzata Investment Partners LLC, most recently as its Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Shane practiced in the investment management group at the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and served as an attorney in the U.S. Army.

Mr. Shane received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Russell is a Senior Portfolio Manager based in Garda’s West Palm Beach office where he leads the U.S. bond relative value team. He is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Garda, he spent three years at Point72 Asset Management focused on U.S. bond relative value and was a vice president of U.S. Treasury trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Russell holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics from New York University and is a CFA® charter holder.

Mr. Vereecken is Garda’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for leading the operational functions within Garda’s investment process.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Vereecken was Deputy COO & Head of Middle Office and Trade Support. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager at Garda primarily responsible for Fixed Income Relative Value trading in North American markets. He became part of the investment team when he joined Black River in 2002. Before Black River, Mr. Vereecken worked at Cargill from 1998-2002 where he advised on acquisitions in Cargill’s Strategy & Business Development department, and worked as a Merchant in its Grain & Oilseeds Division. Previously, Mr. Vereecken worked at Bain & Company in Paris and Brussels.

Mr. Vereecken graduated magna cum laude from the University of Gent, Belgium with a Master’s degree in Electrotechnical Engineering. Mr. Vereecken also holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was an Honorary Fulbright Scholar and was awarded the title of Palmer Scholar for academic excellence.

Mr. Zhang is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the head of Garda’s Singapore office. He leads the Asia-Pacific rates team and is a member of Garda’s Investment Committee.

He joined Garda in 2020 from Millennium Capital Management where he was most recently a senior portfolio manager with a primary focus on Japan fixed income relative value trading. Before that, he worked for over eleven years as a senior trader at Capula Investment Management, focused on Japan fixed income relative value, and two years as a swaps trader at Bear Stearns in London. He began his career at JP Morgan.

Mr. Zhang holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics and a Master of Science in international banking and finance from the University of Reading.