Experience

Ideal Land

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  I have joined Ideal Land Limited as finance director after a 25+ year career in the city working with numerous top tier investment banks and hedge funds. I have been a close friend of the company’s founder James Armstrong for almost 30 years and my role includes business development, project management and financial control. It also includes building new relationships with developers, architects, planning consultants and land owners. Ideal land is a specialist land acquisition and… Show more I have joined Ideal Land Limited as finance director after a 25+ year career in the city working with numerous top tier investment banks and hedge funds. I have been a close friend of the company’s founder James Armstrong for almost 30 years and my role includes business development, project management and financial control. It also includes building new relationships with developers, architects, planning consultants and land owners. Ideal land is a specialist land acquisition and sourcing agent, focusing on off-market property and development opportunities in London and the surrounding regions - see our website for more details www.idealland.co.uk Show less I have joined Ideal Land Limited as finance director after a 25+ year career in the city working with numerous top tier investment banks and hedge funds. I have been a close friend of the company’s founder James Armstrong for almost 30 years and my role includes business development, project management and financial control. It also includes building new relationships with developers, architects, planning consultants and land owners. Ideal land is a specialist land acquisition and… Show more I have joined Ideal Land Limited as finance director after a 25+ year career in the city working with numerous top tier investment banks and hedge funds. I have been a close friend of the company’s founder James Armstrong for almost 30 years and my role includes business development, project management and financial control. It also includes building new relationships with developers, architects, planning consultants and land owners. Ideal land is a specialist land acquisition and sourcing agent, focusing on off-market property and development opportunities in London and the surrounding regions - see our website for more details www.idealland.co.uk Show less



Nutshell Asset Management

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Analyst

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Advising the Nutshell Investment team on quantitative strategy and developing proprietary data driven research and reports. In addition to investing a significant proportion of my pension and ISA portfolio in the Nutshell Growth Fund (nothing like 'skin in the game' to focus the mind) it’s great to be working with my great friend Mark Ellis and the team. The role allows me to continue to leverage the 25+ years of investment banking, asset management and data engineering/coding experience I have… Show more Advising the Nutshell Investment team on quantitative strategy and developing proprietary data driven research and reports. In addition to investing a significant proportion of my pension and ISA portfolio in the Nutshell Growth Fund (nothing like 'skin in the game' to focus the mind) it’s great to be working with my great friend Mark Ellis and the team. The role allows me to continue to leverage the 25+ years of investment banking, asset management and data engineering/coding experience I have gained from numerous top tier institutions including Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, ABN Amro & Natwest Markets. Show less Advising the Nutshell Investment team on quantitative strategy and developing proprietary data driven research and reports. In addition to investing a significant proportion of my pension and ISA portfolio in the Nutshell Growth Fund (nothing like 'skin in the game' to focus the mind) it’s great to be working with my great friend Mark Ellis and the team. The role allows me to continue to leverage the 25+ years of investment banking, asset management and data engineering/coding experience I have… Show more Advising the Nutshell Investment team on quantitative strategy and developing proprietary data driven research and reports. In addition to investing a significant proportion of my pension and ISA portfolio in the Nutshell Growth Fund (nothing like 'skin in the game' to focus the mind) it’s great to be working with my great friend Mark Ellis and the team. The role allows me to continue to leverage the 25+ years of investment banking, asset management and data engineering/coding experience I have gained from numerous top tier institutions including Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, ABN Amro & Natwest Markets. Show less



Roxbury Asset Management

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Quantitative Strategy

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2017

  I was responsible for the Roxbury Event Flags (REF) platform - the proprietary quantitative research tool that was an integral component of Roxbury's investment process from inception. REF was designed and built in-house by myself from scratch using innovative technology and it continued to evolve over my tenure, delivering increasing value to the investment team with new ideas and signals. I was responsible for the Roxbury Event Flags (REF) platform - the proprietary quantitative research tool that was an integral component of Roxbury's investment process from inception. REF was designed and built in-house by myself from scratch using innovative technology and it continued to evolve over my tenure, delivering increasing value to the investment team with new ideas and signals.



PV01 Financial Limited

• MD

  • Sep 2013 - Feb 2015

  Provision of specialist consultancy services covering all front and middle office business processes & requirements across Fixed Income cash & derivative products. Currently working with top tier banks on Global Rate PnL & Risk strategic projects. Provision of specialist consultancy services covering all front and middle office business processes & requirements across Fixed Income cash & derivative products. Currently working with top tier banks on Global Rate PnL & Risk strategic projects.



Jefferies

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• SVP Quantitative Strategy, Futures and Options Sales

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2013

  Design, develop, produce and monetize a series of cross-asset quantitative strategies through a client distribution business model. The Quantitative Strategy Group successfully highlighted relative value opportunities that successfully delivered clean alpha to the groups bank & hedge fund customers in exchange-traded products globally. Design, develop, produce and monetize a series of cross-asset quantitative strategies through a client distribution business model. The Quantitative Strategy Group successfully highlighted relative value opportunities that successfully delivered clean alpha to the groups bank & hedge fund customers in exchange-traded products globally.



RBC Capital Markets

• Canada
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Global Structured Products

  • Jan 2005 - Oct 2010

  Head of Business Process Engineering, Global Structured Products Head of Business Process Engineering, Global Structured Products



Wall Street Systems (WSS)

• Senior Business Analyst

  • 1999 - 2004



ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Proprietary Fixed Income Trader

  • 1998 - 1999

  Relative Value trading of IR & Bond (cash and derivative products), option trading, technical analysis Relative Value trading of IR & Bond (cash and derivative products), option trading, technical analysis



Greenwich Natwest Markets

• Associate Director, Derivative Sales

  • 1996 - 1998

  Exchange traded and OTC IR derivative sales Exchange traded and OTC IR derivative sales



Yamaichi International

• Manager, Institutional Derivative Sales

  • 1992 - 1995

  Sales role covering Exchange Traded and OTC IR and Bond derivatives Sales role covering Exchange Traded and OTC IR and Bond derivatives