Mr. White is a co-founder and the CEO of Quantbot Technologies, LP. Paul started his career with senior technology roles at a major European software company in the UK, Morgan Stanley and later as a co-founder of an Internet startup. Leaving pure technology roles behind he became part of the senior team at Morgan Stanley’s Equity Trading Lab (ETL) proprietary trading group, where he was responsible for developing statistical arbitrage black box automated trading strategies. After Morgan Stanley he joined Merrill Lynch as the co-head of their statistical arbitrage proprietary trading group (QSA). As an original founding member of QSA he was responsible for creating a new global business from scratch. Paul holds a BSc. in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Mr. Mahboob is a co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Quantbot technologies, LP. Before co-founding Quantbot, he was co-head of Merrill Lynch’s statistical arbitrage proprietary trading group (QSA), as an original founding member of QSA, he was responsible for creating a new global business from scratch. Before joining Merrill, Ashar was a senior member of Morgan Stanley’s Equity Trading Lab (ETL) proprietary trading group, responsible for developing statistical arbitrage black box automated trading strategies. Prior to ETL, Ashar worked in quantitative developer roles at Bank of America Securities and Fuji Capital Markets in New York. Ashar holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and MS degree in Computational Finance.

Mr. Lisak is a co-founder and Partner of Quantbot technologies, LP. Before co-founding Quantbot, he was a member of Merrill Lynch’s statistical arbitrage (QSA) and automated market making (AMM) groups responsible for electronic market making and high frequency trading technology. Before Merrill, Michael was a member of Morgan Stanley’s Equity Trading lab (ETL) specializing in algorithmic trading and electronic market making. ETL provided cutting edge cash equities market making and algorithmic trading solutions to Morgan Stanley’s trading desks globally. Prior to ETL, Michael was executive director in Morgan Stanley’s equity technology division. Michael holds a BS in Computer Science.

Mr. Lam was responsible for setting up Quantbot’s European trading operation based in London. Before joining Quantbot, Thuong was head of Merrill Lynch’s QSA group in EMEA specializing in quantitative statistical arbitrage investments and electronic trading. Prior to that, Thuong was a member of Morgan Stanley’s ETL proprietary trading group and held many positions of responsibility as a vice president within Morgan Stanley’s IT department. Thuong holds a BSc in Computer Science.

Before joining Quantbot, Mr. Wu was a board member at a private investment partnership involved in equity arbitrage trading in Europe, and a founding member of the core automated options market-making group at Liquid Capital Markets. Prior to that, Johnson was the head of QSA-Asia at Merrill Lynch, specializing in quantitative statistical-arbitrage strategic investments and electronic trading in the Asia region. Johnson has also held positions in various investment banks such as, a member of the Morgan Stanley ETL proprietary trading group, and a regional head of equity derivatives technology in both UBS and Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong. Johnson was an aerospace research engineer by training, but later moved to the financial industry at Barings Securities and Lehman Brothers in London. Johnson is also involved in entrepreneurial startups in the Asia region. Johnson holds a B.Eng in Energy Engineering, a M.Sc. in Computer Science, a Certificate in Financial Engineering and a MSSc in Global Political Economy.

Mr. Crimi is a co-founder and CTO of Quantbot Technologies, LP. Before Quantbot, he was a member of the Merrill Lynch’s QSA group. Before Merrill, Tom worked in the chip design industry, writing software for optimizing gate placement and power routing. Tom holds a BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Mr. Cilia is a co-founder and partner at Quantbot Technologies, LP. Before Quantbot, he was the data team lead of Merrill Lynch’s proprietary statistical arbitrage group (QSA). He was responsible for expanding and improving the data used for all research and trading across multiple asset classes. Before Merrill, Benjamin managed the data team at ITG Inc. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Computer Science.

Mr. Thakare is a co-founder and Chief Trading Officer of Quantbot Technologies, LP. Before Quantbot, he was a Vice President in Merrill Lynch’s QSA group. Before Merrill, Rohit worked with the founders in Morgan Stanley in the ETL group. Rohit holds a Masters in Engineering and Bachelors in Polymer Engineering.

Ms. Wisdom is the general counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Quantbot Technologies, LP.  Before joining Quantbot, she has served as general counsel and CCO to other registered investment advisers such as SB Schonfeld Fund Advisers, LLC.  In these roles, she is responsible for overseeing and managing regulatory legal and compliance issues within the advisory firm.  Prior to that, Debra also serviced several registered investment adviser clients, primarily Permal Asset Management, LLC, as an associate at the law firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP.  Debra holds a JD degree in law, a BA degree in Economics and a minor in Business Administration.