Systematic Investing

Successfully migrating such talent into the financial industry

We have worked on numerous searches with leading quantitative hedge funds and proprietary trading firms, high-frequency trading firms and platforms, multi-strategy hedge funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, and major global investment banks, supplying candidates at all experience levels, from entry-level professionals to top executives.

Options Group was one of the first in our industry to tap into the STEM graduate candidate pipelines across top tier universities. We prioritized forging long-term relationships with advisors to provide additional career outlets for their students, which has resulted in a track record of successfully migrating such talent into the financial industry, especially before finance was an established career path for those backgrounds. This key differentiator has given us a major edge.

Today, Options Group has a global team focused not only on facilitating execution of the most difficult searches in the systematic investing space, but providing actionable competitive intelligence and human capital advisory to our client partners.

Options Group is at the forefront of innovation

The talent pool is wider, deeper, and more competitive than ever when it comes to technology-enabled trading, so our firm prides itself on successfully advising some of the most creative minds in the world. We have advised our client partners on significant organizational transformations and team builds, enabling them to become first movers into new spaces.

Our dedicated team of 50+ professionals in Systematic Coverage continues to provide expert counsel, strategy, and human capital perspectives on these markets and advise our clients globally on the threats and challenges facing the industry and its ever-changing landscape. Options Group is at the forefront of innovation and our Systematic Business has worked closely with our research and technology teams to develop in-house software that integrates AI and predictive analytics.

The firm’s unique ability to assess publicly available data, subscriptions to proprietary data sets, and exclusive insights garnered from tens of thousands of conversations each month allow us to provide unparalleled human capital guidance.

Michael Karp

Chief Executive Officer

Under Mike’s leadership the Options Group has become one of the leading executive search and strategic consulting companies in the world.
David Korn

President

David is President of Options Group and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm, its strategic planning and corporate development.
Push Patel

Co-Chief Operating Officer

Push Patel is Managing Partner, Co-Chief Operating Officer & Co-Head of the Buyside Practice for Options Group.
Raveen Shah

Co-Chief Operating Officer

Raveen is a Managing Partner and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Options Group, based in the London office.
Credit Hedge Fund & Portfolio Managers
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Anthony Mainolfi

Managing Partner , New York

Anthony is a Managing Partner and Co-Head of the Global Buy-Side practice, based in New York.
Information Technology Quant Analytics
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Alan Blum

Managing Partner , New York

Alan is a Managing Partner at the Options Group and manages the global technology practice from New York.
Commodities Credit
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Anil Sharma

Managing Partner , Mumbai, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore

Anil heads the financial services business in India, where he has launched and developed new product coverage and business lines across India and South Asia.
Asset Management Electronic Trading
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Harjeev Bhalla

Managing Partner , New York

Harjeev is a Managing Partner at Options Group and Global Head of Electronic Trading, based in New York.
Asset Management Rates

Meri Miller

Managing Partner , New York, Miami

Meri is a Managing Partner at Options Group, based in New York and she oversees Option Group’s pre-eminent global macro business.
Equity Derivatives Quant Analytics

Pat Harman

Managing Partner , New York

Pat is a Managing Partner at Options Group, based in New York and is responsible for co-managing the Equities & Electronic Trading team.
Private Wealth Management

Simi Schaerer

Managing Partner , Zurich

Simi is a Managing Partner in the Private Wealth/Banking and Asset Management Group and manages the Group’s Zurich office.
Information Technology Quant Analytics
+1 more

Simon Satanovsky

Managing Partner , New York

Simon is a Managing Partner in the New York office, with a focus on Technology, Analytics and Electronic Trading.
Institutional Equity Sales & Trading

Vinicius Bolotnicki

Managing Partner , Sao Paulo

Vini is a Brazilian native and is responsible for Option Group’s Latam Practice. He has significant expertise in both buy-side and sell-side practices.
FICC Fintech
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Anand Singh

Managing Director , Mumbai

Anand is a Managing Director and Head of the Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Practice at Options Group in India.
Accounting & Audit Operations

Andrew Bernstein

CFO, Managing Director , New York

Andrew is a Managing Director & CFO at Options Group, based in New York and manages all of the Group’s finances globally.
Credit Investment Banking

Andrew Samson

Managing Director , London

Andrew is a Managing Director at Options Group and oversees the firm’s Credit and Capital Markets practices.
FICC Rates

Anil Chiruvolu

Managing Director , London

Anil is a Managing Director at Options Group, based in London, where he focuses on FICC within Global Markets.
Data Science
Electronic Trading
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Christian Fessler

Managing Director , New York

Christian Fessler is a Managing Director at Options Group, based out of the New York office.
Asset Management Hedge Fund & Portfolio Managers
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Dean Wall

Managing Director , Dubai

Dean is a Managing Director & Head of Middle East at Options Group, based in Dubai.
Electronic Trading Equity Derivatives

Ian King

Managing Director , Hong Kong

Ian is a Managing Director at the Hong Kong office and specializes in senior placements in Equity Derivatives on both the Buy-Side and Sell-Side.
Information Security Information Technology

Ismail Daftani

CTO, Managing Director , New York

Ismail is a Managing Director and CTO of Options Group in New York, where he focuses on creating strategic IT initiatives that align with the firm’s long-term technology goals.
Commodities

James Richmond

Managing Director , London

James is currently a Managing Director with Options Group, based in London.
Investment Banking Private Equity

Jan Veder

Managing Director , Frankfurt

Jan is a Managing Director and the Head of Options Group’s Frankfurt office where he leads a team with members across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.
Credit Electronic Trading
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Jennifer Montalvo

Managing Director , New York

Jennifer is a Managing Director in New York and leads the Sell-Side practice as well as Co-Leads the Investment Banking business.