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Bin Ren – Founder & CEO

Before founding SigTech at the start of 2019, Ren was the Chief Investment Officer of the Systematic Investment Group (SIG) at Brevan Howard Asset Management where he managed multiple quantitative investment funds. He started his career at Barclays Capital as an equity exotics trader managing quantitative investment strategies across all major asset classes. Before university, Ren skipped two grades in school and won three first prizes in the Chinese National Olympiads.

After earning a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the national gifted education program of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Ren 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 was chosen by Amazon as the foundation of the AWS cloud-computing platform.

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Krishna Nadella - Chief Commercial Officer

Krishna, the Chief Commercial Officer at SigTech, boasts over 20 years in capital markets with a specialization in FinTech and FinServ. Known for creating specialized teams, he excels at launching new commercial strategies and products. Previously at Symphony Communication Services, Krishna led the firm’s transformation from an insular entity to a market infrastructure integrator. Before Symphony, he was integral to Bloomberg’s Enterprise Data division expansion, launching five new products over a decade. He began his career at Citigroup, where he managed the CDO/CLO equity sales desk.

Beyond finance, Krishna hosted “STATE OF MIND,” a web-series discussing post-secondary education issues. Recognized among The Feminist Press’ “Top 40 Under 40,” he also received the Penn State Alumni Service Award and the McMaster Arch Award. Krishna serves on various boards across academic and financial institutions and regularly contributes to LinkedIn. He holds an undergraduate degree in Honors Biochemistry from McMaster University and an MBA from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Stuart Broadfoot - VP of Research

Stuart is VP, Research AI & Analytics at SigTech. Prior to joining, 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.

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William Garside - Director of Engineering

Will Garside is Director of Engineering at SigTech, where he leads the build and rollout of MAGIC — an AI-powered assistant that delivers data-grounded financial insight through a team of specialist agents. After co-creating the original proof-of-concept, Will led its productionisation and now sets SigTech’s engineering standards and roadmap.

Before joining SigTech, Will served as Lead DevOps Engineer at Chetwood Bank, where he designed and implemented a fully serverless credit-decision engine on AWS (Lambda, Python, DynamoDB). The new platform reduced rule-change lead times from weeks to hours and replaced a legacy vendor solution, underpinning the bank’s growth to £4 billion in savings deposits and previous success in the lending industry.

Will earned a First-Class BSc in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield. Away from work he applies the same hands-on mindset to smart-home projects and hobby electronics.

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Dimuthu Muththettuwage - Director of Infrastructure

Dimuthu “Dim” Muththettuwage is the Director of Infrastructure at SigTech, where he leads the DevOps and Security divisions. With a strong background in cloud engineering and high-performance computing, Dim has played a pivotal role in modernizing infrastructure and enhancing security protocols.

Before joining SigTech, Dim was instrumental in a significant on-premises to Azure Cloud migration at the London Stock Exchange Group. He also contributed to the development of a novel scientific computing high-performance computing (HPC) platform within R&D IT at AstraZeneca. His expertise encompasses tools and technologies such as Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Vault, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana

Dim holds an MSci in Physics from University College London (UCL). His academic background, combined with his professional experience, underscores his commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation in infrastructure and security.

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Emma Pocklington - VP of Finance

Emma Pocklington is SigTech’s VP, Finance. Previously, Emma was the Global Financial Manager 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.

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David Comerford-Green - General Counsel

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.

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