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Strix Leviathan names industry veteran Matthew McBrady as Head of Strategy

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Opalesque Industry Update - Matthew McBrady, PhD, has joined Strix Leviathan, a quantitative investment firm, as Head of Strategy. In this role, he will advise on the firm's trading and investment strategies and oversee future growth plans.

Dr. McBrady brings nearly 25 years of experience as an investor, academic, and economic policy advisor. As an investor, he most recently served as CIO of BlackRock's multi-strategy hedge fund, a $1.5 billion fund he helped build and run beginning in 2014. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director and Head of Investment Strategy and Risk Management at alternative investment advisor Silver Creek Capital Management, and before that he served as a Vice President in Bain Capital's North American Private Equity group. Prior to becoming an investment professional, Dr. McBrady was an award-winning professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Darden School of the University of Virginia, the latter of which he has recently returned to as a Professor of Practice.

Earlier in his career, Dr. McBrady served as both an entrepreneur and policy advisor. As an entrepreneur, he helped establish and grow two successful public companies - aQuantive, a pioneer in digital marketing that had its IPO in 2000 and was subsequently acquired by Microsoft, and TASER International (now Axon Enterprise), the leading provider of technology solutions to law enforcement officials and first responders worldwide that had its IPO in 2001. Matt has also served on the Board of Advisors of Axon Enterprise for over15 years.

As a policy advisor, Dr. McBrady worked as an International Economist with Janet Yellen on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors where he was actively involved in shaping the administration's response to the Asian Financial Crisis. He was subsequently recruited by Timothy Geithner to join the Asian Financial Crisis Task Force and to serve as a founding member of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Policy Development and Review along with Nouriel Roubini.

"Matt's extensive experience in building and running alternative investment strategies for some of the most demanding LPs in the world is simply unparalleled," said Sadie Raney, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strix Leviathan. "Additionally, his skillset and credibility as a successful entrepreneur and an advisor to policymakers and technology startups will be a true asset to our firm's investment strategies and our investors. We are thrilled to have Matt join the team and look forward to his contributions to our market-leading algorithmic investment and trading strategies."

"At a time when digital asset markets continue to evolve at a rapid pace, Matt's tremendous experience in developing and leveraging quantitative strategies to generate alpha and exploit market inefficiencies at BlackRock and Silver Creek will be simply invaluable to our platform" added Nico Cordeiro, Chief Investment Officer of Strix Leviathan. "Matt's diverse set of skills and deep focus on risk management and downside protection align with our investment principles and will help us navigate where we believe crypto markets will move well into the future. Matt has also been a great friend and resource to me as an active member of our Investment Committee, and I am excited to work more closely with him going forward."

"I have long been impressed with Strix Leviathan's unique, quantitative approach to crypto markets, best-in-class algorithmic trading models and infrastructure, and outstanding investment-focused leadership that has generated consistently strong performance for its investors. I could not be more excited to join the team," said Dr. McBrady. "As we continue to build out our suite of quantitative strategies, Strix Leviathan will be even better positioned to generate strong risk-adjusted returns in both bull and bear markets, and I look forward to helping the firm execute its strategic initiatives."

Strix Leviathan is a US-based asset manager founded in 2018, providing actively managed exposure across the digital asset landscape.

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