Paul Ruddock, Lansdowne Partners
Paul Ruddock is co-founder and chief executive of Lansdowne Partners which currently manages
Speakers
approximately $18.5 billion in five absolute return strategies. From 1984 to 1998, Paul was at Schroder & Co.
Inc., prior to which he was an institutional equity salesman at Goldman Sachs & Co. Paul holds an MA (Hons)
and a first class BA (Hons) in Law from Mansfield College, Oxford University. Paul will be on the “Staying ahead Marcia Tarter Favale, Advent Capital
of the game” panel on 17th April at 10am
Eric Halet, Algebris Investments
Anthony Todd, Aspect Capital
Michael Hintze, CQS Kevin Gundle, Aurum Funds
Michael Hintze is the founder and CEO of CQS, an alternative asset manager with approximately $10 billion Mark Tinker, AXA Framlington
under management. Founded in 1999, CQS manages a portfolio of market-neutral, absolute return funds, multi-
Graham Birch, BlackRock
asset directional portfolios, loan portfolios and listed funds. Before establishing CQS, Michael was Managing
Pierre Andurand, BlueGold
Director in the Leveraged Funds Group at CSFB and previously spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs. In 2004, the
Hintze Family Charitable Foundation was established to consolidate many of Michael’s philanthropic interests in
Ian Plenderleith, Brevan Howard
the arts, education and health. Michael will be on the “Staying ahead of the game” panel on 17th April at 10am.
Bernard Oppetit, Centaurus
Stefan Bottcher, Charlemagne Capital
George Case, Kudu Emerging Markets
Myra Tabor, Cognis Capital Partners
Casper Lund, Cork Street Capital
George Case launched his long/short fund in 2001, moving under the Clareville Capital umbrella in 2004.
George recently bought out the Temple Fund to create Kudu Emerging Markets, one of few independent
Michael Hintze, CQS
specialists dedicated to Africa, the Middle East and Emerging Europe. The renamed Kudu Fund has around
Matthew Nunn, Deephaven Capital
$150 million under management, returning a net 25% a year for the past three years. George will be on the Simon Connell, Euronova
“Emerging markets – the new frontier” panel on 17th April at 4pm.
John Canedella, Forbes
Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum
Russell Clark, Horseman Capital Management
Jonathan Hiscock, GSA Capital
Russell Clark has managed the Horseman Emerging Market Opportunities Fund at Horseman Capital
Ben Guest, Hazel Capital
Management Limited since 2006. He started his investment career at UBS Wealth Management in 2000, and Russell Clark, Horseman Capital
in 2002 transferred within the UBS group to GAM London as an investment analyst, a post he held until he left
Vincent Bourgeois, Halbis
in January 2006. In January 2008 he received the EuroHedge Award for the New Fund of the Year (Equity
George Case, Kudu Emerging Markets
Strategies). Russell Clark will be on the “Emerging markets – the new frontier” panel on 17th April at 4pm.
Paul Ruddock, Lansdowne Partners
William de Winton, Lansdowne Partners
Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management David Fishwick, M&G Episode
Gavyn Davies is chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management, and a founding partner of Prisma Capital Partners Tom Loeb, Mellon Capital Management
and Active Private Equity. Previously, he was an economic policy adviser at 10 Downing Street from 1974 to
Alan Eisner, Millennium
1979. He became a City economist, joining Goldman Sachs International in 1986 and was a partner from
Martin Tonnby, MKM Longboat
1988 to 2001. He was also chief economist and chairman of the global investment research department. He
was appointed chairman of the BBC in 2001 and resigned in 2004. Gavyn will be chairing “Macro – where are
Huw van Steenis, Morgan Stanley
the opportunities post-credit crunch?” on 16th April at 9am.
Luqman Arnold, Olivant
Manuel Echeverria, Optimal
Manuel Echeverría, Optimal Investment Services
Aref Karim, Quality Capital Management
Manuel Echeverría is the CEO and CIO of Optimal Investment Services SA, a leading provider of alternative
Steve Ellis, RAB Capital
investment services with total assets over USD $10 billion. Manuel is also a director of the Optimal Multi-
Jean-Louis Juchault, Systeia
advisors funds, of the Optimal Elite Multi-Manager Fund Ltd, and President of Optimal Alternative Investments Giovanni Govi, Theorema
in Spain. Manuel will be on the “What the Big Allocators Want” panel on 16th April at 11am.
Kevin Gundle, Aurum Funds
Kevin Gundle, has been investing in the alternative investment markets for 16 years and is a founding member
of Aurum Fund Management. He is currently senior executive officer of Aurum Funds, and a director of several
of Aurum's Bermuda-listed offshore funds and of Knightsbridge Information Services, the Aurum Group's
research arm. Kevin will be on the “What the big allocators want” panel on 16th April at 11am.
Aref Karim, Quality Capital Management
Aref Karim is chief executive officer and chief investment officer for Quality Capital Management, holding
overall responsibility for QCM’s investment strategies and research. He has been in the hedge fund industry for
25 years combining both ‘buy’ side (allocation) experience as well as ‘sell’ side (fund management). He spent
14 years with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a multi-billion dollar sovereign fund in the Middle East
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that has a significant allocation to alternative investments. Aref will be on the “Energy & commodities – still the
their strong content which,
hot area?” panel on 17th April at 2.45pm.
unlike many other
conferences, is put together by
editors who are closely linked
Neil Wilson, Nick Evans, Amanda Cantrell,
to the industry, not by
editorial director, editor, EuroHedge deputy editor, EuroHedge conference organisers. The
HedgeFund Intelligence Nick has been a financial journalist Amanda Cantrell has focused on
experienced and dedicated
Neil has over 20 years of experience as a financial
since 1987, covering capital markets, hedge funds for the majority of her business
journalist. He has overall responsibility for the
investment banking and asset management. For journalism career. She worked on Absolute Return
journalists of EuroHedge
editorial content of EuroHedge, AsiaHedge,
12 years he was editor of EuroWeek. He was and CNNMoney.com. She has appeared on ABC
ensure that the Summit covers
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also editor-at-large of Euromoney magazine and World News and has also contributed articles to
only the most important and
Return, as well as their associated online weekly
editor of Global Agenda, the magazine of the The New York Times. She holds a masters in
topical issues to the industry.
news services, special reports and events. World Economic Forum in Davos.
journalism from New York University.
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