Leadership

Bin Ren is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SigTech. Previously he was the Chief Investment Officer of the Systematic Investment Group (SIG) at Brevan Howard Asset Management where he managed multiple UCITS investment funds. Prior to that, Bin was a partner and Portfolio Manager at Decura Group, responsible for quantitative research and investment. He started his career at Barclays Capital as an equity exotics trader managing quantitative investment strategies. Before university Bin skipped two grades in school and won three first prizes in the Chinese National Olympiads for high school students, because of which he was exempted from the Chinese National College Entrance Examination.

After earning a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the national gifted education program of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Bin was directly admitted with full scholarship to the PhD program for computer science at Cambridge University, UK. While there he researched the Xen virtual machine monitor that is used by Amazon as the foundation of the AWS cloud-computing platform.

David Comerford-Green is the General Counsel of SigTech and is responsible for the group's global legal and compliance function. Before joining SigTech in January 2022, David was the Director of Legal at Dext, a B2B SaaS platform offering bookkeeping and accountancy software solutions to accountancy firms and SMBs. During his time at Dext, David advised the business on its Series C fundraising, multiple M&A transactions and latterly its acquisition by Hg Capital. David qualified as a corporate lawyer at Mayer Brown and his legal career spans a broad range of financial institutions and other industries both in the UK and the Middle East. David holds a BA in History and Economics from the University of Manchester and subsequently attended the College of Law in London.

Stephen is an experienced technology professional and senior leader with over 25 years' experience across a broad range of sectors and technologies. He has led multiple, disparate teams across many regions and timezones with an emphasis on data, data technologies and cloud computing. Stephen is a mentor and coach and has a heavy focus on development and promotion from within existing teams and believes in a collaborative environment where innovation is supported and nurtured.

Stuart is VP, Quantitative Analytics at SigTech. Prior to joining SigTech, Stuart spent more than five years at Brevan Howard Asset Management as a Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Strategist. During this time, Stuart worked on developing quantitative analytics and researching systematic trading strategies. Stuart has a master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Oxford University, in the field of Quantum Information Theory.

As VP of Business Development, David is responsible for both Product and Sales within SigTech. Having previously started his career as a professional tennis player, he has since worked in the Financial Markets for over 14 years, largely building successful trading solutions in the Fixed Income space. Most recently, he was Senior Director at CME Group, where he helped BrokerTec cement their place as market leaders in the Government Bond Cash and Repo space.

Angela, VP of Marketing, brings over 20 years of leadership experience developing marketing and communication strategies and implementing go-to-market plans for tech, financial institutions, and fintech organizations. Prior to SigTech, she was Chief Marketing Officer for a digital asset institutional exchange start up. Angela hails from the Midwest, graduated from Butler University, has worked in NYC and London, and has two amazing kids, and a very rambunctious dog.

Daniel Leveau is VP, Investor Solutions at SigTech. He is an experienced senior manager in the finance industry with previous roles as CEO, deputy head of asset management and head of portfolio management. From 2007 until 2012 he was a partner and deputy head of asset management at Wegelin & Co. Private Bank and was instrumental for the further development of the asset management division, while continuing to be the lead fund manager for an extensive range of equity products in the long-only, long/short and market neutral space managing up to CHF 5 bn.

Vincent is SigTech’s Delivery Director alongside working in the CEO’s Office. Vincent is responsible for the delivery, support and QA team working on strategies, AGILE methodology, coaching, etc. Prior to joining the company, Vincent has worked across roles across a multitude of FinTech, PayTech and consultancy companies including Trayport, Funding Circle UK, ENGINE and Sthaler.

Alex is Director of HR and Culture, alongside working in the CEO Office. Prior to joining, Alex started his career working for the then Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in the UK Parliament, but has since spent the last 8 years working across the Tech industry, including time at Apple, Uber and multiple other start-ups. Notably, Alex worked with Uber founder, Travis Kalanick, to build an international HR team and world-class culture at CloudKitchens.

As Director of Strategy, Dhruv is responsible for SigTech’s Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy, and scaling the company’s Sales and Marketing functions. Prior to joining SigTech, Dhruv worked across Strategy and Business Development at 10x Banking, a London-based Fintech. During his time at 10x, Dhruv helped drive the company’s $187m series C fundraise. Dhruv started his career as a Strategy Consultant at Accenture Strategy, working with leading Commercial, Retail and Investment Banks on growth strategy, market-entry, digital transformation and other strategic challenges.

Emma Pocklington is SigTech’s Finance Director. Previously, Emma was the Finance Manager/Controller for JRNI, a global appointment booking platform, helping the company scale across three continents and managed multiple rounds of fundraising through to Series C. Emma has extensive experience facilitating financial operations for multiple successful scale-up businesses throughout her career.