Awards 2010: Judges
THE TECHNICAL ANALYST
AWARDS 2010
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London W1 - 25 March 2010
 Rob Brand - Head of DPM Equity, ABN AMRORob Brand, Vice President at ABN AMRO, holds a Masters degree in Financial Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Rob is a chartholder of the Financial Risk Management certificate (FRM) at the Global Association of Risk Professionals and chartholder of the Chartered Market Technicial certificate (CMT) at the Market Technician's Association. Rob has direct responsibility for stock selection and sector allocation at ABN AMRO Discretionary Portfolio Management and is leading a team of portfolio managers. |
 Daniel Broby - Chief Investment Officer, Silk InvestDaniel Broby joined Silk Invest from Danfonds Aps and prior to that from Renaissance Investment Management (UK) Limited where he was Chief Executive Officer and oversaw the successful launch of the Renaissance Africa Fund, the Global Macro Fund for RIM (UK) and the offshore Renaissance Russia Infrastructure Fund for RIM. Daniel was a board member of CFA (UK) for over 10 years and was the CFA Institute’s President Council Representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa for four years. |
 Ernest Chan - E. P. Chan & AssociatesErnest Chan specialises in the development of statistical models and advanced computer algorithms to find patterns and trends in large quantities of data. He began his career working on statistical pattern recognition to projects ranging from textual retrieval at IBM Research. In 1998 he joined the proprietary trading group at CSFB developing statistical models for futures trading, stock pair-trading as well as trading based on earnings revisions, surprises and analyst recommendation changes. He has also worked on projects for MapleRidge Capital Management, Millennium Partners, and MANE Fund Management. He currently runs his own consulting company, E. P. Chan & Associates specialising in the research and development of statistical models and software for trading stocks and futures. Ernie holds a PhD theoretical physics from Cornell University. |
 Chris Charlton - Director, Centa Asset ManagementChris Charlton has been actively involved in the international foreign exchange markets for over 30 years, starting his career at J.Henry Schroder Wagg in 1974. At Merrill Lynch in the eighties he ran the London-based trading desk for large institutional investors, and later at Security Pacific Bank he was responsible for advising European central banks. In the mid-nineties he ran the treasury sales desk at Credit Lyonnais/BfG Bank in Frankfurt, and his last post in FX was as treasurer of Bankhaus Wolburn, a private bank in Hamburg. He has been running his own business since 2002 focusing on currency asset management and consultancy services. |
 Matthew Clements - Editor, The Technical AnalystMatthew Clements is editor of the Technical Analyst magazine. Previously he worked in the City for Prebon Yamane where he was head of market research, publishing fundamental and technical analysis to the firm’s clients. He holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of London and is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts (MSTA). |
 Avi Hooper - Fund Manager, Blackfriars Asset ManagementAvi Hooper is emerging market debt fund manager at Blackfriars Asset Management (until recently called WestLB Mellon Asset Management) in London. Avi advises on technical analysis across multiple asset classes including emerging market equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. |
 Jessica James - Managing Director, CitigroupJessica James is Global Head of Quantitative Investor Solutions, Foreign Exchange at Citigroup in London. |
 Colin McLean - SVM Asset Management Colin McLean is Founder and Managing Director of SVM Asset Management, and has been an investor for over 25 years. He is Chairman of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP). Colin holds an MA (Hons) in Political Economy & Economic Statistics and an MBA (Distinction). He is a Fellow of UKSIP, the Faculty of Actuaries and of SII, and is a Visiting Professor at Caledonian Business School. Prior to establishing SVM he was CIO at two UK life assurers, and was CEO of Templeton International’s European operations. Colin’s investment methods have been featured in two books; “Investing with the Grand Masters” by James Morton and “Money Makers” by Jonathan Davis. He is also a frequent contributor to the national press and regularly appears on Bloomberg TV, CNBC and BBC’s Working Lunch. |
 Charles Morris - Head of Absolute Return, HSBC Global Asset ManagementCharles Morris is a director of HSBC Global Asset Management in London where he is the head of absolute return strategy and fund manager of the HSBC Global Trend Fund. Charlie regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg TV to discuss technical analysis and advises HSBC Investments on asset allocation, sector strategy and stock selection. |
 Trevor Neil - BetagroupTrevor Neil became a commodities trader at Merrill Lynch in the mid 1970’s before going on to work at LIFFE giving technical analysis support to floor traders. In 2000 he became head of technical analysis at Bloomberg where he was responsible for training and technical analysis software development. He is principal trainer for the Technical Analyst. |
 Paul Netherwood - Director, Beach HorizonDr Paul Netherwood is a founding partner of Beach Horizon LLP, a London based managed futures programme (CTA). Working with fellow founders David Beach and head of trading Sanjeev Lakhanpal, he is responsible for research and is the original developer of the firm's systematic trading systems. Previously, he worked in trading and risk management system develoment at Beach Capital Management, AHL, Nomura and Deutsche Bank. |
 Rashpal Sohan - RathbonesRashpal Sohan graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a first class degree in Actuarial Science. He joined Rathbone Brothers Plc in 2005 as an asset allocation analyst working with Robin Griffiths, the head of asset allocation. He specialises in the use of quantitative techniques in the analysis of global markets, with particular emphasis on building models for system trading and investment purposes. |
 Alex Spiroglou - ODIN Capital ManagementAlex Spiroglou is a quasi-systematic, cross asset trader at ODIN Capital Management. He is also in charge of the recruitment & training of the firm's proprietary training department, through the "Hedge Fund Trader Incubation Program" he designed. Mr. Spiroglou’s previous employers include a Global Macro Hedge Fund and he has held derivative trading positions within various Brokerage firms. His trading methodologies are based on market structure (trend phase shift), commitment of traders report, cross asset analysis, sentiment analysis and pattern recognition. He holds a Bsc in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School in London, and eight different professional designations among which the "Diploma of Technical Analysis" administered by the Australian Technical Analysts Association (DipTA (ATAA)), and the "Certified Financial Technician" administered by the International Federation of Technical Analysts - (CFTe). |
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