Where core values fuel performance

Mr. Bennett has dual responsibilities as co-head of Garda’s Geneva office and as a Portfolio Manager responsible for trading developed rates markets with an emphasis on European interest rates and government bond markets. Mr. Bennett joined the Portfolio Management team at Garda through the Associate Development Program at Black River. Prior to Black River, Mr. Bennett interned as a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Bennett obtained a Bachelor’s degree with a major in Economics and European History from the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Cameron, as head of Garda’s New York-based trading team, is responsible for USD rates trading as well as commodities, equity derivatives, MBS and interest rate/fx volatility trading.

Mr. Cameron joined Garda in 2016 with more than 25 years of experience trading and managing fixed-income businesses in New York, London, and Tokyo with his primary focus being interest rate derivative trading. Before joining Garda, Mr. Cameron spent more than 18 years at JP Morgan and was most recently 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. Mr. Cameron started his career in the middle office for HSBC before joining their 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 Portfolio Manager and the Global Head of Inflation at Garda.

Mr. Corti joined the portfolio management team at Garda in 2017. Prior to joining Garda, Mr. Corti 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 from 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 has dual responsibilities as a Portfolio Manager focused on Relative Value trading in European and Scandinavian rates and basis markets and as head of Garda’s Copenhagen trading team.

Mr. Jørgensen 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 has dual responsibilities as co-head of Garda’s Geneva office and as a Portfolio Manager responsible for trading developed rates markets with an emphasis on European peripheral interest rates and government bond markets.

Prior to joining Garda, Mr. McCloskey 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/market analysis positions at Dresdner Kleinwort, Jefferies and Bank of America.

Mr. McCloskey holds an MA in Mathematics and a Diploma in Applied Statistics both from Oxford University.

Mr. McGarry is the Senior Portfolio Manager for Garda’s Fixed Income Relative Value Strategy. Mr. McGarry is responsible for the management of Garda’s investment team and the implementation of the strategy. He has been with Garda since inception, and before becoming SPM for the strategy in 2022, focused on Macro Relative Value opportunities across the global interest rate spectrum with over 20 years’ of trading experience.

Prior to Garda, Mr. McGarry was a Portfolio Manager at Black River, having joined in 2015. He also worked as a Portfolio Manager at both BlueCrest Capital and 5:15 Capital; Managing Director and Global Head of USD interest rate swaps at BNP Paribas; and was a Senior Dealer and Head of EUR interest rate swaps at Danske Bank. Mr. McGarry began his career at Bank of America working as a trader in London.

Mr. McGarry holds a Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Studies and a Master of Finance degree 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 Portfolio Manager focused on U.S. Relative Value opportunities.

Mr. O’Connell 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. Mr. O’Connell 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. 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 has dual responsibilities as head of Garda’s Singapore trading team and as a Portfolio Manager primarily responsible for Japanese fixed income relative value trading.

Mr. Zhang joined Garda in 2020 from Millennium Management, where he was most recently Senior Portfolio Manager with a primary focus on Japan fixed income relative value trading. Prior to that, Mr. Zhang worked for over eleven years as Senior Trader at Capula Investment Management, focused on Japan fixed income relative value, and spent two years at Bear Stearns in London as a swaps trader. Mr. Zhang began his career at JPMorgan Chase.

Mr. Zhang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Economics and an MSc in International Banking and Finance from the University of Reading.