Key Takeaways
- • Brevan Howard recruited Gregoire Vidal as head of systematic manager selection and platform development in its New York office, continuing an active hiring campaign that began in 2020 focused on building out quant and macro capabilities.
- • The fund has expanded its New York team with senior talent acquisitions including Josh Passman (former head of credit hedge funds at Benefit Street Partners), Morad Masjedi (ex-Goldman Sachs portfolio manager), Elisabetta Cavallo (BNP Paribas equity derivatives trader), and Leslie Eisen (ex-Point72 managing director hired as NY head of talent in February 2021).
- • Vidal brings specialized expertise in systematic strategies and platform development, with a track record spanning SocGen, Lyxor Asset Management, Schonfeld, and ExodusPoint—demonstrating a career pattern of progression within quant and quantitative manager selection roles.
- • The hiring spree signals Brevan Howard's strategic intent to scale its New York office and build institutional capabilities in systematic manager selection, reflecting broader industry consolidation around multi-strategy and quant-driven investment approaches.
Summary
Brevan Howard, the multistrategy hedge fund, continues its aggressive expansion in New York with the appointment of Gregoire Vidal as head of systematic manager selection and platform development. Vidal, who graduated from Université Paris Dauphine 11 years ago, joins from ExodusPoint, where he served as head of business development for quant strategies. His career trajectory reflects a deliberate progression through leading quantitative finance centers and institutions, having previously held roles at SocGen Paris, Lyxor Asset Management's New York office, Schonfeld, and ExodusPoint across portfolio management, risk management, and business development functions.
Vidal's appointment is part of a sustained New York hiring initiative that Brevan Howard has pursued since 2020, designed to strengthen the fund's capabilities across systematic and macro strategies. Recent recruits have included Josh Passman, formerly head of credit hedge funds at Benefit Street Partners; Morad Masjedi, an ex-Goldman Sachs portfolio manager; Elisabetta Cavallo, an equity derivatives trading associate from BNP Paribas; and Leslie Eisen, a former Point72 managing director who was hired as the New York office's head of talent in February 2021. The focus on talent acquisition, particularly in quant research and quantitative manager selection, underscores Brevan Howard's commitment to expanding its institutional infrastructure and multi-strategy capabilities in the New York market.
The fund's recruitment efforts reflect broader positioning within the hedge fund industry to build out systematic and macro trading platforms—areas that have gained institutional investor focus in recent years. With more than 1,000 employees globally and an estimated 150+ investment staff members, Brevan Howard's targeted hiring in New York represents a deliberate geographic and strategic concentration intended to capture talent from competing firms and strengthen its competitive positioning in systematic manager selection and platform development.
Vidal's appointment is part of a sustained New York hiring initiative that Brevan Howard has pursued since 2020, designed to strengthen the fund's capabilities across systematic and macro strategies. Recent recruits have included Josh Passman, formerly head of credit hedge funds at Benefit Street Partners; Morad Masjedi, an ex-Goldman Sachs portfolio manager; Elisabetta Cavallo, an equity derivatives trading associate from BNP Paribas; and Leslie Eisen, a former Point72 managing director who was hired as the New York office's head of talent in February 2021. The focus on talent acquisition, particularly in quant research and quantitative manager selection, underscores Brevan Howard's commitment to expanding its institutional infrastructure and multi-strategy capabilities in the New York market.
The fund's recruitment efforts reflect broader positioning within the hedge fund industry to build out systematic and macro trading platforms—areas that have gained institutional investor focus in recent years. With more than 1,000 employees globally and an estimated 150+ investment staff members, Brevan Howard's targeted hiring in New York represents a deliberate geographic and strategic concentration intended to capture talent from competing firms and strengthen its competitive positioning in systematic manager selection and platform development.
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