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Lloyd Blankfein — Senior Chairman & Former CEO, Goldman Sachs . <p>Lloyd Blankfein is the former Senior Chairman & Former CEO, Goldman Sachs.</p> <p>He joined the J. Aron Currency and Commodities Division of Goldman Sachs in 1982 after working as an attorney in a law firm. Lloyd was named partner in 1988 and co-head of the J. Aron Division in 1994. He became co-head of the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division as of its formation in 1997 and was based in London from 1997 to 1999 in that capacity.</p> <p>Lloyd served as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs from 2002 through 2003, with management responsibility for the FICC and Equities Divisions. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, he served as the firm’s president and chief operating officer from December 2003 through June 2006. He served as the firm’s chairman and chief executive officer from 2006 through September 2018, and remained as chairman through December 2018.</p> <p>Among his affiliations with nonprofit organizations, Lloyd is a member of several Harvard advisory boards, a member of the Executive Committee of the UJA Federation of New York, a Board Fellow of Weill Cornell Medical College and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.</p> <p>Lloyd earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1978 and an AB from Harvard College in 1975.</p> <p>Lloyd’s book, Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs is a candid memoir of global leadership in an age of extreme turbulence.</p>
Will Bartlett — Chief Executive Officer, Parallax Volatility Advisers. <p>Will Bartlett is the Chief Executive Officer of Parallax Volatility Advisers. Will has been involved with equity options since 1995 and has been with Parallax since 1996.<br /> In his 30 years at Parallax, he has played an active role transforming the firm from a small, floor-based equity options trading operation into a large participant in the global volatility market.<br /> Prior to joining Parallax, Will worked on the floor of the Pacific Coast Exchange while earning his Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. </p> <p>Will proudly serves on the Board of Governors of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, the Board of Trustees of San Francisco University High School, and is a Senior Member of The Guardsmen, an organization helping at-risk youth by providing scholarships, support, and outdoor education programs to students in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
Buck Betten — Deputy CIO, MacArthur Foundation. <p>Deputy CIO at MacArthur Foundation</p>
Greg Bond — Chief Executive Officer, Man Numeric. <p>Gregory (“Greg”) Bond is Chief Investment Officer at Man Group, focused on strengthening collaboration between the firm’s investment teams and accelerating innovation in new capabilities. He is also Head of the Americas for Man Group, and lead portfolio manager for Man Group’s flagship multi-strategy fund. In addition, he serves on the Man Group Executive Committee.</p> <p>Greg was formerly CEO of Man Numeric. Prior to that, he was Director of Research at Man Numeric, responsible for research initiatives, including the day-to-day management of Man Numeric’s strategic alpha research team. Before becoming Director of Research, he was a portfolio manager for various hedge fund strategies at Numeric as well as being Co-Head of its hedge fund group, having joined in 2003.</p> <p>Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and biology from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.</p>
Paul Britton — Founder & CEO, Capstone Investment Advisors. <p>Paul Britton, OBE is the Chief Executive Officer of Capstone, one of the leading firms in derivatives and complementary strategies, which he founded in 2004. Headquartered in New York with 10 offices globally, Paul formed Capstone to offer investors access to, and exploit the inefficiencies present in, complex derivatives markets, creating value for the firm’s clients, team, and industry over two decades of growth.<br /> Paul’s philosophy of constant evolution and the firm’s store of unmatched talent are the twin pillars of Capstone’s success. The firm’s emphasis on enduring relationships with investors at all tiers, technology, analytics, and innovation, are priorities that Paul has developed and brought through to the present day. His career began in the pit with Saratoga Limited, where Paul traded options on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) before co-founding Mako Global Derivatives in 1999. Throughout his career, Paul has embraced a global perspective, working across key financial centers including New York, London, and Amsterdam, and most recently Milan. Operating from this strategic European location allows Paul to remain the most accessible to our teams and clients worldwide.<br /> Paul currently serves on the Boards of the US Soccer Foundation, and The Tate America’s Foundation. Paul was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his dedication and notable philanthropic contributions to the Tate Americas Foundation.<br /> Paul received a BA in European Business Finance from London Metropolitan University.</p>
Derrick Brown — Vice President of Quantitative Investment Strategies, Deutsche Bank. <p>Vice President of Quantitative Investment Strategies at Deutsche Bank.</p>
Dr. Lester Coyle — Principal and Chief Investment Officer, III Capital Management. <p>Dr. Lester Coyle is a Principal and Chief Investment Officer, and he is also the portfolio manager for the III credit and asymmetric funds. Dr. Coyle joined III in February 2005 from Commerzbank where he was U.S. head of credit correlation trading. Prior to that, he worked at Bank One as a single name and correlation trader and as a credit model builder. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and a BA in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Coyle was also a Mathematics professor at Duke University and Loyola University.</p>
Peter van Dooijeweert — Head of Strategic Investment Partnerships, Capstone Investment Advisors. <p>Peter van Dooijeweert joined Capstone in December 2024 as Head of Strategic Investment Partnerships. Prior to Capstone, Peter spent six years at Man Group where he was Head of Defensive and Tactical Alpha working closely with Man’s largest clients to design customized actively managed investment portfolios and strategies. Prior to Man, Peter spent over 15 years as a volatility arbitrage portfolio manager at Paloma Investments Partners, Soros Fund Management and Tudor Investment Corporation. Peter has served on investment and portfolio risk committees at Man and Paloma bringing over 25 years of experience in derivatives and alternatives to capital allocation and firm wide portfolio management decisions. He began his career with Goldman Sachs in Equity Derivatives Trading in Tokyo and New York.<br /> Peter holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting and Finance from Wake Forest University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.</p>
Jason Goldberg — Senior Portfolio Manager, Capstone Investment Advisors. <p>Jason Goldberg joined Capstone in June 2018 as a Senior Portfolio Manager.</p> <p>Jason has been trading equity derivatives since 1998. Prior to joining Capstone, he was most recently an Executive Vice President at PIMCO, managing up to $1 billion in capital dedicated to equity dispersion. He also ran the equity execution desk for PIMCO and helped advise Portfolio Managers on equity-related strategies and trades. Before joining PIMCO in 2014, he was a Managing Director at Och-Ziff in New York. Jason worked at Och-Ziff from 2006 to 2013, focusing mostly on equity dispersion. Prior to working at Och-Ziff, Jason was a partner at Onyx Capital from 1998 to 2006. He started his career at J.P. Morgan in 1995 and worked on both the equity derivatives and municipal derivatives desks.</p> <p>Jason received a dual degree in Math and Economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1995, graduating magna cum laude.</p>
Greg Hines — Senior Investment Officer, Virginia Retirement System. <p>Greg Hines is an Investment Officer on the Risk Management Team for the Virginia Retirement System. Greg began his investment career in 2013 when he joined VRS as an intern. Today, he is a senior member of the Risk Management Team and leads analysis related to total fund risk management.</p> <p>In addition, Greg serves as Portfolio Manager for the Risk Based Investments (RBI) Program. RBI is a collection of strategies designed to offset growth risks within the VRS Total Fund by investing in uncorrelated and negatively correlated assets. Greg also assists in implementing opportunistic overlay trades aimed at reducing risk across the Total Fund.</p> <p>Greg earned an MS in Finance from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a CFA charterholder.</p>
Dr. Chris Jones — Head of Solutions and Chief Executive (London), Graham Capital Management. <p>Chris Jones, Ph.D., is Head of Solutions and Chief Executive (London) at Graham Capital Management, L.P. (“Graham”), an alternative investment manager with $22B AUM as of August 1, 2026. </p> <p>Dr. Jones works with Graham’s clients to develop customized solutions that best fit their portfolios, utilizing the broad range of strategies across Graham’s investment platform. Dr. Jones also oversees the management of Graham’s London office. Prior to joining Graham in 2016, Dr. Jones was Managing Director and Head of Investment Advisory at bfinance, an investment consultancy specializing in large pension plans, from March 2012 to February 2016, where he advised a variety of global institutional clients. From January 2005 to February 2012, Dr. Jones was Chief Investment Officer of Key Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds, where he was responsible for the oversight of the investment and risk management of several funds of hedge funds. </p> <p>Dr. Jones is currently an Honorary Fellow in Finance at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, where he lectures MFin and MBA courses on Alternative Investment Management. Dr. Jones has co-authored a number of published academic papers about liquid alternatives and hedge fund strategies as well as having authored a book on the subject. Dr. Jones received a BA in Mathematics from Oxford University in 1992 and a PhD in Mathematical Finance from the University of Cambridge in 2000.</p>
Stephan Kessler — Managing Director and Global Head of QIS Research, Morgan Stanley. <p>Stephan Kessler is a Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) Research at Morgan Stanley, focusing on research around signals, portfolio construction and risk management in systematic strategies. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was lead portfolio manager and head of research in the alternative investment strategies team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s QIS platform. Other previous roles include tenures as an equity derivatives strategist, portfolio manager for a quantitative multi-strategy fund, and founding partner of a financial consulting firm in Switzerland. He holds a master’s in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Mannheim and a PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, where he still lectures on financial modelling. He is the author of numerous academic-journal articles on financial markets.</p>
Matt Koren — Multi-Asset Derivatives Sales, Eurex. <p>Multi-Asset Derivatives Sales at Eurex</p>
David Latto — Head of Altai Cross Convexity Strategies and Lead Portfolio Manager , Lombard Odier Investment Managers. <p>David Latto is Head of Altai Cross Convexity Strategies and Lead Portfolio Manager of the 1798 Altai Cross Convexity Fund.<br /> David joined Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) in August 2025 and has nearly 20 years of experience in derivatives, spanning equity, volatility, and cross-asset strategies. Prior to joining LOIM, he was Senior Portfolio Manager at RCube Asset Management, where he managed a cross-asset volatility fund.<br /> Previously, David was based in Tokyo with Simplex Asset Management and Millennium Capital Management. He also served as Head Portfolio Manager of a cross-asset volatility fund at Nomura Asset Management, where he was responsible for developing the firm’s derivatives platform. Between 2015 and 2018, he co-managed Unigestion’s absolute return fund and contributed to the development of the firm’s derivatives-based investment strategies.<br /> From 2010 to 2015, David worked as an Equity Derivatives Structurer at UBS and Nomura in London, specializing in quantitative investment strategies and the structuring and pricing of complex derivative products. He began his career in 2006 as an Options Trader at BNP Paribas.<br /> David holds a degree from the University of Cambridge and an MPhil from Sciences Po Paris, having also studied at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS). He is currently completing a PhD in Mathematical Economics at the University of London. He is fluent in English, French, and Japanese, and combines deep quantitative expertise with advanced programming and systematic investment research capabilities.</p>
Davide Montoni — Head of Institutional Eq Derivative & QIS Sales Americas, UBS. <p>Davide Montoni is a Managing Director at UBS and the Americas Head of Institutional Equity Derivatives and QIS Sales. His journey at UBS began as a summer intern in 2009 and 2010 before joining full-time in 2011 as part of the Global Markets Graduate Training Program. Since then, he has led several business lines within the firm’s Global Derivatives franchise.</p> <p>Davide’s team covers a wide array of client types spanning Asset Managers, Pensions, Endowments, Foundations, Hedge Funds, and Sovereign Wealth Funds. He is particularly focused on helping institutional clients navigate the evolving market backdrop, trading the full spectrum of volatility flow and exotic products, risk recycling, custom baskets, and total return swaps. He has played an active role in building out the UBS QIS business since 2019, working closely with clients on implementing customized cross-asset solutions.</p> <p>In addition to his client responsibilities, Davide plays a key leadership role within UBS’s Global Markets franchise, serving as the Co-Chair of the Americas People Forum. He holds a Bachelor of Science from NYU Stern School of Business, where he double-majored in Finance and Marketing and graduated summa cum laude.</p>
Nick Smith — Head of Index Options Sales, Nasdaq. <p>Nick Smith leads Nasdaq-100 Index Options (NDX®) Sales at Nasdaq working with banks, funds, brokers, platforms and allocators to develop Nasdaq’s proprietary index options business.</p> <p>Originally from the Yorkshire Dales in England, Nick graduated from Aston Business School in Birmingham, England with Economics & Management first class honors.</p> <p>Starting his career in London at Deutsche Boerse Group in Group Sales efforts and Eurex Fixed Income Sales (OTC clearing & exchange-traded), Nick relocated to the United States in 2018 joining FIS (Sungard) before returning to Eurex (the derivatives exchange of Deutsche Boerse Group) as VP Sales covering U.S. buy side. Nick joined Nasdaq in 2024.</p>
Zem Sternberg — Chief Executive Officer, Lake Hill. <p>In 1987, Zem Sternberg, a 21-year old graduate student at The University of Chicago, started trading index options using a rudimentary Apple computer and statistical techniques derived from his coursework. From this modest beginning, Zem caught the attention of options trading pioneer Blair Hull. It was while working with the Hull Trading team that Zem experienced first-hand the difficult events of the ‘87 crash and the importance of staying disciplined.</p> <p>Zem later joined Salomon Brothers in the 1990s and built their equity derivatives business into a global power house while becoming one of the youngest Managing Directors in firm history. His relentless focus on recruiting and retaining the best talent coupled with applying the latest technology has kept him on the forefront of the industry. As the index options industry evolved, Zem adapted through his experience in the pits in Chicago, to Salomon, to his privately held international market-making partnership, to most recently Lake Hill where he continues to trade index options with automated technology.</p> <p>Zem founded Lake Hill Capital Management, LLC in 2005 and has since served as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer. Lake Hill manages funds for some of the worlds most distinguished foundations, endowments, institutions and Forbes list individuals.</p> <p>Today Lake Hill is recognized as one of the most respected and successful index options trading firms with a long and distinguished track record of success.</p>
Dan Stone — Principal and Portfolio Manager, Ionic Capital Management. <p>Dan Stone is a co-founder of Ionic Capital Management LLC, where he manages the firm’s interest rate, currency, and credit strategies. He has over 25 years of experience in managing relative value arbitrage and long volatility strategies across multiple asset classes. Stone was previously a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in the US and European Volatility and Credit Arbitrage Group at Highbridge Capital Management. He earned an AB in Economics magna cum laude from Harvard College.</p>
Mitchell Story — Managing Director and Co-Head of Americas Derivatives Trading, Bank of America, Global Markets. <p>Mitch Story is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Americas Derivatives Trading in New York, bringing extensive experience across institutional markets, market structure, and trading operations across both buy-side and sell-side. </p> <p>In his current role, Mitch leads equity derivatives trading and executions strategy across the Americas. Previously he headed index trading, with a focus on macro and relative-value investment strategies. Throughout his career, he has developed extensive expertise in navigating complex markets, driving trading strategy and delivering effective execution across a range of market environments.</p>
Matt Tonelli — Head of Investment Strategies, Capstone Investment Advisors. <p>Matt Tonelli is Capstone’s Head of Investment Strategies and oversees the firm’s Multi-Strategy platform and the Risk Management team. Matt has been with Capstone since inception in 2004 and has enjoyed being part of Capstone’s evolution from market-maker to a leading derivatives-focused investment manager. He has managed derivative portfolios across many asset classes and became Capstone’s Head of Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange three years before becoming the Chief Risk Officer in 2010. Matt began his career as an equity and index options market maker on the CBOE and AMEX.</p> <p>Matt received a BA from University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business.</p>
Mrinal Vikram — Equity Derivatives Sales , Societe Generale. <p>Mrinal Vikram works in Equity Derivatives Sales within Global Markets at Societe Generale, based in New York. He covers hedge funds and asset managers across listed and OTC derivatives as well as QIS products. He led the development of SG’s equity-linked note and alternate risk transfer businesses.</p> <p>Mrinal began his career as an Associate at Deutsche Bank. He then moved to the buy side, trading structured derivatives at Vicis Capital and Paloma Partners. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a B.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.</p>
Boaz Weinstein — Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Saba Capital Management. <p>Boaz Weinstein is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Saba Capital Management, L.P. (“Saba”), a $5.9 billion hedge fund manager focused on credit relative value strategies, based in New York City. Saba was founded in 2009 as a lift-out of the Deutsche Bank (“DB”) proprietary credit trading group. At Saba, Mr. Weinstein leads a team of 75 professionals.</p> <p>In 2021, Risk.net named Saba as Hedge Fund of the Year. Saba’s closed-end fund activism strategy also earned it recognition as the Activist Hedge Fund Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor in 2023 and 2024.</p> <p>Previously, Mr. Weinstein worked at DB for eleven years, the last eight years as Managing Director (a title he achieved at age 27). Throughout his career, Mr. Weinstein had responsibility for proprietary trading and market making. In 2008, he became Co-Head of Global Credit Trading, overseeing 650 investment professionals.</p> <p>Mr. Weinstein graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a BA in Philosophy. He achieved the title of National Master in chess at age 16.</p>
Justin Young — Director of Investments, Multilateral Endowment Management Company (MEMCO). <p>Justin Young is a director of investments at MEMCO where he is responsible for portfolio construction and manger selection across client portfolios. He has a special focus on uncorrelated strategies to help meet client needs in a wide range of market scenarios. Prior to joining MEMCO, Justin spent 11 years at the $40bn South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission where he ended his tenure as director of portable alpha, managing the $5bn hedge fund program which was named 2022 Public Plan of the year by Institutional Investor. During his time as director, the portfolio’s performance was in the top 5% of all other public pensions while also maintaining bottom decile risk and beta, and generated over $1.4bn in excess returns since it was implemented in 2016. In addition to hedge funds, he also spent time covering fixed income, GTAA, equity options and commodity allocations at RSIC. Justin began his career as a research analyst at Bridgewater associates where he worked with their global equities team. He graduated from the University of South Carolina Honors College where he majored in finance and economics. Justin is also a CAIA Charterholder.</p>
