Meet The Team

Sutesh is responsible for the day to day management of Portman Square, with a focus on risk, portfolio construction and engaging with key clients. Sutesh was formerly Global Head of Citi Principal Strategies Group, Global Head of Proprietary Trading at Morgan Stanley, and CEO of Old Lane, a hedge fund with $4.6bn AUM, acquired by Citigroup.

Lalit is responsible for hybrid strategies at Portman Square. Lalit was formerly Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Convertible Bond and Volatility Arbitrage at Citi Principal Strategies, and co-CIO of Old Lane.

Yusaf is responsible for equity strategies, which include dispersion and volatility relative value. Yusaf was formerly Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Convertible Bond and Volatility Arbitrage at Citi Principal Strategies, and co-CIO of Old Lane.

Alessandro focuses on credit strategies and was formerly Partner and Founder of Theorema Credit Funds - an Alternative Asset Manager, and Portfolio Manager at Bluebay Asset Management.

Julian manages equity volatility strategies, with a key focus on OTC dispersion trading. He was formerly Quantitative Risk Management and Trading at Green Owl Capital.



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Bastien focuses on equity volatility strategies, with a key focus on quantitative analysis and fixed strike dispersion. He formerly held roles at Fincad and Arkera Artificial Intelligence.

Toby manages all of Portman Square's non-investment functions, alongside his role as independent risk officer. Toby was previously COO of Citi Principal Strategies, having spent 14+ years with the company.

Alistair is responsible for Portman Square's business development efforts, with a focus on key client management, on-boarding and delivering our research and insight capabilities to clients. He was formerly CEO of Marble Bar Asset Management LLP, and CEO of Capstone Investment Advisors UK LLP, a hedge fund with $9bn AUM.

Luca manages the rates strategy at Portman Square Capital. Luca was formerly CIO at Permaneo Capital and Portfolio Manager at Elan Capital. He started his career as a trader at Citigroup.

Christian has worked in a variety of senior technology roles since 1986, at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Jabre Capital and RBS covering software development and technology project management for complex organisations.


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Alex is responsible for managing the operational team at Portman Square Capital. Formerly, Alex was Director of Operations at Maven Group and Head of Operations at Mako Global Investors, having spent 17 years at the company.