Ewan Kirk

Background

Kirk was born in Swindon, England and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland.

Education

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in General Relativity (Southampton), a Bachelor of Science In Natural Philosophy and Astronomy (Glasgow) and completed Participant III of the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos at Queens" College, Cambridge.

Career

Kirk was previously partner-in-charge of Goldman Sachs" quantitative strategies group in Europe. This group of mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists were responsible for all of Goldman Sachs’ quantitative technology across commodities, currencies, interest rates, cr and equities. At Goldman Sachs, Kirk gained experience in derivatives, systematic trading and risk management.

Kirk’s fund Cantab manages $3.2bn, up from $30m at launch.

lieutenant uses systematic computer models to trade in markets around the world. In 2014 Kirk was featured as a Hedge Fund Lion in the web reality television series Hedge Funds Lions Den.

In the show two emerging managers had access to three of the industry"s biggest names where the Lions impart their industry wisdom to the Emerging Managers.

Achievements

• A fan of professional cycling, he owns and rides a replica of a bicycle design used by Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France, along with a track cycle owned by Sir Bradley Wiggins.