Our team has an extensive history of direct investment and risk management in financial markets combined with deep roots in quantitative finance.
Principals
Adrian Eterovic
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Adrian Eterovic
Adrian Eterovic is a Principal of Episteme Capital and its CEO and Chief Investment Officer
Adrian was the CEO of JWM Partners (UK) from 2004 to 2009 and was co-chairman of JWM Partners’ Investment Committee from 2003 to 2005. From 1993 to 1999 he was with Long-Term Capital Management and prior to that he was with Salomon Brothers Inc. (1993) and Merrill Lynch (1992).
He holds an M.Sc. in Statistics from Imperial College London (2015), a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from Harvard University (1994), an Sc.D. and two M.S. in Structural, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering (respectively) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1992), and a B.S. in Physics and a Mechanical and Electrical Engineering degree from the National University of Cordoba (1987).
Richard Leahy
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Richard Leahy
Richard Leahy is a Principal of Episteme Capital
Richard Leahy was a Principal of JWM Partners, and prior to that he was a Principal of Long-Term Capital Management since 1993. Mr. Leahy is a former Managing Director of Salomon Brothers and Co-Head of the Mortgage Securities Department. Mr. Leahy began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1972. He holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Boston State College (1970) and attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gustavo Lau
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Gustavo Lau
Gustavo Lau is a Principal of Episteme Capital and its Head of Operations
Gustavo Lau was a senior fixed income trader at JWM Partners from 2000 to 2009, and prior to that he was with Long-Term Capital Management (UK) since 1994. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2019) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, an M.S. degree in Computer Science (1988) and two B.S. in Mathematics (1988) and Computer Science (1986) from the Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela.
He also attended the MBA program at the IESE Business School, Spain (1994). In his spare time, Mr. Lau is a Mathematics Masterclasses lecturer for the Royal Institution of Great Britain and a Guest Professor at Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela.
Jameel Kassam
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Jameel Kassam
Jameel Kassam is a Principal of Episteme Capital and co-head of Research
Jameel Kassam was a Strategist at Episteme Capital from its inception and prior to that he held the same role at JWM Partners from early 2007. As part of both positions, he has been involved in the research, development and trading of systematic strategies. He holds an MPhys degree in Physics from the University of Oxford (2006).
Gina Roman
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Gina Roman
Gina Roman is a Principal, and the Chief Financial Officer of Episteme Capital
Gina Roman was previously Controller at JWM Partners (which she joined at its founding in 2000). Ms. Roman was Assistant Controller at LTCM. Previously practiced as a CPA in Pennsylvania (1985-1993) and worked as a CFO of a privately held International Textile company (1994-1999).
Graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Accounting major.
Helaine Rosenbaum Dryden
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Helaine Rosenbaum Dryden
Helaine Rosenbaum Dryden is a Principal, and the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of Episteme Capital
Helaine Rosenbaum Dryden was previously General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at JWM Partners from 2000-2009. Prior to JWMP, she was Associate General Counsel of LTCM since August 1997. She started her legal career in 1994 as an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton. From July 1989 to July 1991, she was employed by Morgan Stanley & Co. as a financial analyst.
Helaine holds a B.A. degree in Economics from U.C. Berkeley (1989) and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School (1994). She is admitted to the New York and Arizona Bars.
Osvaldo Canavosio
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Osvaldo Canavosio
Osvaldo Canavosio is a Principal of Episteme Capital
Osvaldo was previously at Man FRM in New York for over ten years, serving most recently as Head of Manager Research and a member of Man FRM’s Investment Committee and Management Committee. From 2004 to 2008 Mr. Canavosio worked at Vega Asset Management/Proxima Alfa Investments in New York, where he was a Managing Director for Business Development. Before this he was Head Trader at Citibank Argentina.
Osvaldo holds a master’s degree in Finance from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (1999) in Argentina and an Economics degree (honors) from Universidad Católica Argentina (1996). He is also a CFA Charterholder.