David has decades of experience building investment businesses, managing portfolios, and analyzing stocks. David is the Co-Founder, CEO and CIO of CenterBook Partners. Prior to CenterBook Partners, he founded and was Portfolio Manager/Managing Member of Conatus Capital, a multi-billion-dollar global long/short equity fund manager. David was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Lone Pine Capital, an associate at McKinsey & Company and served as Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee of Greenwich Academy. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. in History summa cum laude, Harvard Business School with an MBA with distinction, and Harvard Law School with a J.D. magna cum laude. 

Chris has nearly three decades of experience in hedge fund asset management, specializing in quantitative investment, alpha capture, and risk. Prior to joining CenterBook, Chris was Head of Alpha Strategies and Co-Head of Quant for Graticule Asset Management Asia, where he ran internal and external alpha capture and built the firm’s center book. He was formerly a partner at Nezu Asia Capital Management, where, as Head of Portfolio Construction and Risk, he was responsible for the systematic implementation of fundamental alpha sources. Before joining the Nezu Group, Chris was Portfolio Manager and Director of Risk and Quantitative Strategies at Elmwood Advisors. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Risk at Financial Risk Management (FRM) in Tokyo and New York and as Manager of Quantitative Equity Sales and Research at Schroder Securities Japan. He began his career at Cazenove Securities in London and Tokyo. Chris graduated with an L.L.B. in English Law & Japanese Language from Cardiff University (UK)/Obirin University (Tokyo).

K.C. has nearly two decades of experience in quantitative research and equity hedge fund management. Prior to joining CenterBook Partners, K.C. co-Founded Factor Sentiment Analytics ("FSA"), a quantitative market research firm and was the Founder and General Partner of AQIS, a systematic equity long/short hedge fund. Before launching AQIS and FSA, he was a member of the investment team at North Star Partners, a small-cap, value-oriented long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to joining North Star, K.C. was an Analyst with Post Road Capital, a value-oriented long/short equity hedge fund. K.C. holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mark has over two decades of global financial services experience. Prior to joining CenterBook Partners, he was a Managing Director in RBC Capital Markets’ multi-manager proprietary trading group, served as COO and CFO at 5:15 Capital Management and was a leader at Bridgewater Associates in their Strategy function. Before transitioning to the asset management sector, Mark worked globally at Morgan Stanley for twelve years in various roles including as International Treasurer. Mark received a B.S. in Accounting from Syracuse University, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jason has over two decades of experience in business development, sales leadership and investor relations. Prior to joining CenterBook Partners, Jason ran the North American business development effort for Brawn Capital, a manager focused on renewable power infrastructure assets in Asia. Prior to Brawn Capital, Jason managed large and mega-cap client relationships for Gartner’s North American high-tech advisory business after nearly a half-decade serving as Global Head of Sales for Alpha Theory. Jason graduated from Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies with a B.S. in International Relations and completed his Executive Education at Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development.