Philip Manduca, Head of Investment, is Chairman of the Investment Committee, responsible for strategy, risk management and performance. Philip has over 20 years of top level experience as a hedge fund manager producing strong risk-adjusted returns.
David Lavers is Head of Trading, responsible for execution of the trading strategy. He has had an extensive career in the investment banking and hedge fund industry including working for the Soros group. David was also a Partner at Omega Advisers Inc and Deputy General Manager and Head of Treasury at Yamaichi Bank (UK).
Mike Hughes is Head of Risk Management. He is responsible for risk monitoring and reporting on daily market intelligence and information from ECU’s market counterparties. Mike was Head of Currency Option Trading at Robert Fleming.
Charles co-founded the ECU group of companies in 1987 and left in 1995 following the sale of its derivatives business, ECU Futures. Charles then founded IFX Markets where he initiated the reverse takeover of Zetters Group plc in 2000. He joined IG Group as Head of Business Development in January 2005 before rejoining ECU in November 2005.
