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Managing money since 2002, we aim to do one thing exceptionally well: grow and protect our clients’ wealth through investing.
Thomas joined Ellerston in May 2024 from Trovio Group where he was a Portfolio Manager. He has over 28 years’ asset management experience and has worked with Vimal and Ainslie at both Trovio and Pendal.
Thomas has an extensive profitable track record managing multi-asset class volatility and derivative portfolios at leading investment banks and hedge funds. In his various roles across the globe, he has managed trading teams and has advised leading institutional asset owners on volatility as an asset class and tail risk strategies. He is uniquely capable to understand, create, and manage risk premia portfolios.
Previous to Pendal, Thomas was at SouthPeak Investment Management where he successfully implemented volatility risk premia and delta one strategies. He has also held a number of positions in a trading capacity at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and Sydney, where he managed global equity derivatives, delta one, ETF and cash facilitation trading teams. Thomas was also a senior derivatives trader at Macqurie Bank in Sydney and an equity volatility Portfolio Manager at Actis Capital in Chicago and San Francisco.
He holds a Master of Applied Finance with a focus in derivatives valuation, exotic options, risk and portfolio management from Macquarie University in Sydney. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.