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Team Members
Convertibles & Quantitative Credit
Ryan Garino
Co-Head of Convertibles & Quantitative Credit
Ryan Garino is Co-Head of Convertibles & Quantitative Credit and is a member of Citadel’s Portfolio Committee.
Mr. Garino joined the firm in 2003 and has managed the consumer, industrial and financial portions of the convertible bond portfolio since 2005. In 2010, he was promoted to Co-Head Citadel’s Convertibles & Quantitative Credit business, focusing on further developing the firm’s convertible bond and capital structure trading strategies. Previously, Mr. Garino spent three years with The Boston Consulting Group in both Chicago and London where he advised companies in the consumer and financial industries on business strategy issues.
Mr. Garino currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Chicago’s Adler Planetarium. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Convertibles & Quantitative Credit
David Grossman
Co-Head of Convertibles & Quantitative Credit
David Grossman is Co-Head of Convertibles & Quantitative Credit and is a member of Citadel’s Portfolio Committee.
Mr. Grossman joined the firm in 2004 as a Portfolio Manager for Citadel’s convertibles strategy and became the Co-Head of the Convertibles & Quantitative Credit business in 2010. Prior to joining Citadel, he spent five years with Deutsche Bank as a member of the Quantitative Value Trading Group (QVT). During his time there, QVT became an independent investment manager.
Mr. Grossman is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Academy. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College in Applied Mathematics.
Commodities
Mark Stainton
Head of Commodities
Mark Stainton is Head of Commodities and is a member of Citadel’s Portfolio Committee.
Prior to joining Citadel in 2006, Mr. Stainton was Head of CDO and Exotic Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank. Previously, he spent three years at JPMorgan Chase in London, where he was a specialist in interest rate and currency products. Mr. Stainton began his career at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Stainton holds a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University.
Global Equities
Brandon Haley
Head of Global Equities
Mr. Haley joined Citadel in 2005 as founding Sector Head of Global Equities Consumer. In 2009, he was named Co-Head of Global Equities and name Head of Global Equities in 2013. Prior to joining Citadel, Mr. Haley was Consumer Sector Head at North Sound Capital for three years. Previously, Mr. Haley was a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Equities and Risk Arbitrage Divisions.
Mr. Haley graduated from McGill University.
Global Fixed Income
Derek Kaufman
Head of Global Fixed Income
Derek Kaufman is Head of Global Fixed Income and a member of Citadel’s Portfolio Committee.
Prior to joining Citadel in 2008, Mr. Kaufman was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, where he most recently served as Global Head of Fixed Income in the Proprietary Positioning Business. He started at J.P. Morgan in 1996.
Mr. Kaufman is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets. He is also a member of the Economic Club of New York and on the Board of Trustees for Third Way, an innovative think-tank in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Kaufman received a bachelor’s degree in Applied Math/Economics from Harvard College.
Global Macro
Kaveh Alamouti
Head of Global Macro
Chief Executive Officer, Citadel Asset Management Europe
Mr. Alamouti joined Citadel in 2008. Previously, he was the portfolio manager for Moore Capital’s global macro multi-strategy and foreign exchange funds. Prior to that, Mr. Alamouti was the CEO of Optimum Asset Management. He began his career at Salomon Brothers and Tokai Bank, where he ran proprietary trading strategies.
Mr. Alamouti holds a bachelor’s degree from Imperial College, London, and an MBA and Ph.D. from London Business School.
Surveyor Capital
Jon Venetos
Head of Surveyor Capital
Prior to joining Citadel in 2007, Mr. Venetos served as the Deputy Head of Fund of Funds and Senior Portfolio Manager for the Topiary Select Portfolios at Deutsche Bank Absolute Return Strategies. Prior, Mr. Venetos was a Director at Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC. Previously, he served in various portfolio management and hedge fund analyst roles at Deutsche Bank Absolute Return Strategies and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Alternative Strategies.
Mr. Venetos received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University.