Key Takeaways
- • Graham Capital Management, a $20 billion alternative investment firm, named Jens Foehrenbach President and Co-Chief Investment Officer, according to a Business Wire announcement.
- • Foehrenbach joins from Man Group Plc, where he was Head of Public Markets within Man Discretionary, overseeing liquid discretionary hedge funds and active long-only strategies.
- • Foehrenbach will co-lead Graham's investment activities with Pablo Calderini, who has been promoted to Vice Chairman and continues as Co-CIO.
- • Foehrenbach brings approximately 25 years of investment management experience and will sit on the Firm's Executive, Investment and Risk Committees, reporting directly to Founder and Chairman Kenneth G. Tropin.
- • The appointment is framed by Graham as a push toward innovation and new sources of alpha as the firm begins its 31st year of trading.
Summary
Graham Capital Management, described in the announcement as a $20 billion alternative investment firm focused on quantitative and discretionary macro strategies, has appointed Jens Foehrenbach as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer, according to a Business Wire release dated February 7, 2025. In the role, Foehrenbach and Co-CIO Pablo Calderini will jointly oversee the firm's investment activities. Foehrenbach will also serve on the Firm's Executive, Investment and Risk Committees and report directly to Graham Founder and Chairman Kenneth G. Tropin. He will be based at the firm's Rowayton, Connecticut headquarters.
Calderini, who has served as Graham's Chief Investment Officer since 2010 and as President and CIO since 2012, has been promoted to Vice Chairman. He will continue to oversee investment activities as Co-CIO alongside Foehrenbach. Tropin credited Calderini with "tremendous leadership over the past 14 years."
Foehrenbach joins Graham from Man Group Plc, which reports $174.9 billion in assets under management. At Man Group he was most recently Head of Public Markets within Man Discretionary, where he oversaw the firm's liquid discretionary hedge funds and active long-only strategies. Earlier, he served as Chief Investment Officer of Man Group's Solutions and Man FRM businesses. The release describes him as an established leader in the liquid alternatives space with approximately 25 years of investment management experience.
Tropin said he expects Foehrenbach to "look ahead and around the corner" with a focus on innovation and new sources of alpha, and to keep Graham an industry leader. Foehrenbach said he was honored to join and to work with Calderini to deliver value for investors. Graham, founded in 1994, states that its clients include global institutions, endowments and foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and qualified individual investors.
Calderini, who has served as Graham's Chief Investment Officer since 2010 and as President and CIO since 2012, has been promoted to Vice Chairman. He will continue to oversee investment activities as Co-CIO alongside Foehrenbach. Tropin credited Calderini with "tremendous leadership over the past 14 years."
Foehrenbach joins Graham from Man Group Plc, which reports $174.9 billion in assets under management. At Man Group he was most recently Head of Public Markets within Man Discretionary, where he oversaw the firm's liquid discretionary hedge funds and active long-only strategies. Earlier, he served as Chief Investment Officer of Man Group's Solutions and Man FRM businesses. The release describes him as an established leader in the liquid alternatives space with approximately 25 years of investment management experience.
Tropin said he expects Foehrenbach to "look ahead and around the corner" with a focus on innovation and new sources of alpha, and to keep Graham an industry leader. Foehrenbach said he was honored to join and to work with Calderini to deliver value for investors. Graham, founded in 1994, states that its clients include global institutions, endowments and foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and qualified individual investors.
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