Trading & Quantitative Finance
Executive search for markets where performance can be measured, edge is difficult to transfer, and the strongest candidates are rarely visible to traditional recruiting.
Defined hiring problems. Evidence-led search.
We begin with the business outcome and the capability required, then map relevant talent and assess the evidence that separates genuine expertise from a matching title.
Proprietary Trading & HFT
Senior traders, desk leads, market makers, and strategy owners across listed and electronic markets.
Systematic & Quantitative
Portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, signal researchers, and systematic strategy leadership.
Trading Technology
Low-latency engineering, infrastructure, market connectivity, data, execution, and technical leadership.
Energy & Commodities
Power, energy, futures, commodities, quantitative energy, and commercial trading talent.
Client environments
- Proprietary trading firms
- Hedge funds and multi-manager platforms
- Market makers and electronic trading firms
- Banks and capital-markets desks
- Energy merchants and commodities firms
- Exchanges and market infrastructure
Representative talent
- Senior traders and desk leads
- Systematic portfolio managers
- Quantitative researchers
- Quant developers and researchers
- Trading technology leaders
- Energy and commodities traders
Evidence that matters
- P&L and capital usage
- Risk / VaR and drawdown
- Sharpe and consistency
- Strategy and holding period
- Products and markets
- Infrastructure and team dependency
- Restrictions and compensation
- Portability
“A vast network across the U.S. and deep industry knowledge.”Joseph Barnas · Commodities Derivatives Trader · SIG
Where specialist searches get difficult
Trading results are inseparable from the environment that produced them. We investigate the difference between an attractive track record and an implementable hire.
Can the performance travel?
Assess signal or discretionary edge, capital utilization, risk limits, holding periods, infrastructure dependencies, and market access.
Beyond a single hire
Align desk leadership, traders, quantitative researchers, and execution or engineering support to the firm's trading model.
Translate interest into a start
Address deferred compensation, notice and restrictions, competing offers, risk parameters, and platform requirements early.
A trading search record built across whole teams.
Have a search that matters?
Tell us what you are trying to build. We will tell you how we see the market and whether Ancilla is the right search partner.
Partner-led executive search for financial markets and technology. Established 1999.