Management Team
Capriole’s team has decades of quantitative trading experience. Our edge is built on taking a robust scientific approach to directional investing leveraging our team’s scientific background and a variety of quantitative approaches from classical value and momentum through to advanced statistics, machine learning and AI.
- CHARLES EDWARDS
- B. Engineering, M. Finance
Experienced quant investor and creator of ‘Hash Ribbons’ and ‘Trend King’. Charles is one of the leading publishers of on-chain Bitcoin models globally. Charles founded Capriole Investments and today focuses on portfolio management, risk management and quantitative strategy development.
Charles has been investing for over 20 years and coding trading algorithms for a decade. He holds two Dean’s awards from his studies across Australia, London & Denmark. Charles has over 100,000 Twitter followers where he regularly shares his market insights.
- RYAN MC COY
- PM. Physics, B. Network & Server Admin
The key architect of Capriole’s trading execution engines and systems. He is an expert in risk management, utility theory and choice modelling in risk-based environments.
Ryan has over a decade of experience across the IT industry. Before Capriole he was managing multiple projects & teams for a large international online gaming company, Spiralworks. He also developed the customer risk profiles and behavior models used in the game mechanics behind their top 3 games which generated over $2B revenue per annum.
- MICK HERFKENS
- B. Economics, M. Quantitative Finance
An experienced hedge fund quantitative researcher and developer. Mick designs, models and deploys trading signals and strategies. With a background in economics and econometrics, he is both quantitatively and fundamentally skilled. Mick is an expert in strategy development, machine learning, portfolio optimization and backtesting.
Prior to Capriole, Mick spent over 5 years in quantitative trading at a multi-billion AUM hedge fund with an equity market neutral strategy. When he’s not working, you will find him running sub-3hr marathons across the world.
- JOHANNES S DE JAGER
- B. Commerce & Accounting, CA
Johannes Stephanus’ career spans corporate governance of funds and asset managers within the digital assets industry, including oversight of investment management, strategy, risk management and operations.
JS is a qualified chartered accountant with broad professional and commercial accounting experience in the Cayman Islands and South Africa. He also serves as a Director of Cayman Finance Ltd., the representative body for the Cayman Islands financial services industry.
- CHARLOTTE FREEMAN
- Chartered Accountant, ACA
Charlotte brings a wealth of experience to Capriole having extensive experience in the digital asset industry across investment management, hedge funds, operations and corporate governance.
Charlotte is an active member and supporter of the Cayman Islands chapter of 100 Women in Finance, including their ‘GirlForce100’ mentorship program. She also enjoys ad hoc volunteer work and fundraising for a number of local charitable organizations.
- JOHN CRAWLEY
- B. Psychology
Accomplished and experienced senior marketing professional with an extensive accelerator, Fintech and hedge fund background. John has helped scale multi-billion AUM funds and is an expert in Investor Relations and corporate communications.
John brings 15 years of experience with marketing institutional funds, B2B/B2C SaaS risk analytics and enterprise API trading platforms. He has held Director roles at Xerion Capital Partners, Perella Weinberg Partners and HedgeWorld.
- JUDITH GERBER
- B. Business, M. International Marketing
Judith is an international business and marketing expert. She has launched products into new markets and helped business’ scale through all stages. She works with investors at Capriole at every step of their journey. She is passionate about crypto and delighting clients.
Judith has an extensive career across Germany and Australia in marketing for startups through to major global enterprises having worked at Mercedes-Benz, Miele, and start-ups such as HelloFresh and Elopage.
- WADE KENNY
- B. Commerce & Accounting, CA
Co-founder of Calderwood. Wade serves on the Capriole Fund board as an independent director. He advises on governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. He has worked with many of the industry’s leading investment managers.
Previously Wade was an Executive Director of DMS Investment Services, worked at BlueBay Asset Management and oversaw a portfolio of hedge funds. He is a Chartered Accountant and also spent several years in audit at KPMG.
Capriole is global
Capriole works with investors from over 25+ countries around the world. Our team is based across five countries providing around the clock coverage of US, European and Asian trading hours.
Germany
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
France
France
South Africa
Australia
Sweden
Philippines
Thailand
India
China
United States
Canada
British Virgin Islands
Brazil
Switzerland
Austria
Serbia
Italy
Bulgaria
Greece
UAE
Join the team
We are always looking for talented individuals. If you are a skilled quant and python programmer passionate about investing and solving the markets, get in touch!